--- a/spec/util_smqueue_spec.lua	Thu Dec 16 12:16:08 2021 +0100
+++ b/spec/util_smqueue_spec.lua	Thu Dec 16 12:16:45 2021 +0100
@@ -52,4 +52,30 @@
 			assert.same({ [7] = true; [8] = true; [9] = true; [10] = true; [11] = true; [12] = true }, resume);
 		end)
 	end)
+
+	describe("#table", function ()
+		it("produces a compat layer", function ()
+			local q = smqueue.new(10);
+			for i = 1,10 do q:push(i); end
+			do
+				local t = q:table();
+				assert.same({ 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10 }, t);
+			end
+			do
+				for i = 11,20 do q:push(i); end
+				local t = q:table();
+				assert.same({ 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20 }, t);
+			end
+			do
+				q:ack(15);
+				local t = q:table();
+				assert.same({ 16; 17; 18; 19; 20 }, t);
+			end
+			do
+				q:ack(20);
+				local t = q:table();
+				assert.same({}, t);
+			end
+		end)
+	end)
 end);

--- a/teal-src/util/smqueue.tl	Thu Dec 16 12:16:08 2021 +0100
+++ b/teal-src/util/smqueue.tl	Thu Dec 16 12:16:45 2021 +0100
@@ -70,22 +70,13 @@
 	return self._queue:consume()
 end
 
--- Compatibility wrapper, meant to look like a plain ol' array
-local record compat_mt
-	_queue : smqueue<any>
-end
-
-function compat_mt:__index(i : integer) : any
-	if i < self._queue._tail then return nil end
-	return self._queue._queue._items[(i + self._queue._tail) % self._queue._queue.size];
-end
-
-function compat_mt:__len() : integer
-	return self._queue:count_unacked()
-end
-
+-- Compatibility layer, plain ol' table
 function smqueue:table() : { any }
-	return setmetatable({ _queue = self }, compat_mt);
+	local t : { any } = {};
+	for i, v in self:resume() do
+		t[i] = v;
+	end
+	return t;
 end
 
 local function freeze(q : smqueue<any>) : { string:integer }

--- a/util/smqueue.lua	Thu Dec 16 12:16:08 2021 +0100
+++ b/util/smqueue.lua	Thu Dec 16 12:16:45 2021 +0100
@@ -38,17 +38,12 @@
 
 function smqueue:consume() return self._queue:consume() end
 
-local compat_mt = {}
-
-function compat_mt:__index(i)
-	if i < self._queue._tail then return nil end
-	return self._queue._queue._items[(i + self._queue._tail) % self._queue._queue.size]
+function smqueue:table()
+	local t = {};
+	for i, v in self:resume() do t[i] = v; end
+	return t
 end
 
-function compat_mt:__len() return self._queue:count_unacked() end
-
-function smqueue:table() return setmetatable({ _queue = self }, compat_mt) end
-
 local function freeze(q) return { head = q._head; tail = q._tail } end
 
 local queue_mt = { __name = "smqueue"; __index = smqueue; __len = smqueue.count_unacked; __freeze = freeze }