From b5e7f331c4e6b48130351569040ece457fd2b258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Mueller <appgurulars@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 17:32:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Replace count_values with count_objects

---
 luon.lua  | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 table.lua | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/luon.lua b/luon.lua
index 3ae43f7..e1ca00b 100644
--- a/luon.lua
+++ b/luon.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local assert, next, pairs, pcall, error, type, table_insert, table_concat, string_format, string_match, setfenv, math_huge, loadfile, loadstring
     = assert, next, pairs, pcall, error, type, table.insert, table.concat, string.format, string.match, setfenv, math.huge, loadfile, loadstring
-local count_values = modlib.table.count_values
+
+local count_objects = modlib.table.count_objects
 
 -- Build a table with the succeeding character from A-Z
 local succ = {}
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ end
 local _ENV = {}
 setfenv(1, _ENV)
 
-function write(object, write)
+function write(value, write)
     local reference = {"A"}
     local function increment_reference(place)
         if not reference[place] then
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ function write(object, write)
     end
     local references = {}
     local to_fill = {}
-    for value, count in pairs(count_values(object)) do
+    for value, count in pairs(count_objects(value)) do
         local type_ = type(value)
-        if count >= 2 and ((type_ == "string" and #reference + 2 >= #value) or type_ == "table") then
+        if count >= 2 and (type_ ~= "string" or #reference + 2 >= #value) then
             local ref = table_concat(reference)
             write(ref)
             write"="
@@ -116,28 +117,28 @@ function write(object, write)
             error("unsupported type: " .. type_)
         end
     end
-    local fill_root = to_fill[object]
+    local fill_root = to_fill[value]
     if fill_root then
         -- Root table is circular, must return by named reference
-        dump(object)
+        dump(value)
         write"return "
-        write(references[object])
+        write(references[value])
     else
         -- Root table is not circular, can directly start writing
         write"return "
-        dump(object)
+        dump(value)
     end
 end
 
-function write_file(object, file)
-    return write(object, function(text)
+function write_file(value, file)
+    return write(value, function(text)
         file:write(text)
     end)
 end
 
-function write_string(object)
+function write_string(value)
     local rope = {}
-    write(object, function(text)
+    write(value, function(text)
         table_insert(rope, text)
     end)
     return table_concat(rope)
diff --git a/table.lua b/table.lua
index 3c3c200..6dab63a 100644
--- a/table.lua
+++ b/table.lua
@@ -337,24 +337,26 @@ function deep_foreach_any(table, func)
 	visit(table)
 end
 
--- Recursively counts occurences of values in a table
--- Also counts primitive values like boolean and number
--- Does not count NaN, because that doesn't work as a table index
-function count_values(value)
+-- Recursively counts occurences of objects (non-primitives including strings) in a table.
+function count_objects(value)
     local counts = {}
-    local function count_values_(value)
-		-- Ignore NaN
-		if value ~= value then return end
+	if value == nil then
+		-- Early return for nil
+		return counts
+	end
+    local function count_values(value)
+		local type_ = type(value)
+		if type_ == "boolean" or type_ == "number" then return end
         local count = counts[value]
         counts[value] = (count or 0) + 1
-        if not count and type(value) == "table" then
+        if not count and type_ == "table" then
             for k, v in pairs(value) do
-                count_values_(k)
-                count_values_(v)
+                count_values(k)
+                count_values(v)
             end
         end
     end
-    count_values_(value)
+    count_values(value)
     return counts
 end