util.serialization: Concise output for empty tables.
--- a/util/serialization.lua Mon Nov 23 08:55:27 2009 +0500
+++ b/util/serialization.lua Mon Nov 23 19:35:24 2009 +0500
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
local t_concat = table.concat;
local error = error;
local pairs = pairs;
+local next = next;
local debug_traceback = debug.traceback;
local log = require "util.logger".init("serialization");
@@ -34,21 +35,25 @@
elseif type(o) == "string" then
func(t, (("%q"):format(o):gsub("\\\n", "\\n")));
elseif type(o) == "table" then
- func(t, "{\n");
- for k,v in pairs(o) do
- func(t, indent(ind));
- func(t, "[");
- func(t, basicSerialize(k));
- func(t, "] = ");
- if ind == 0 then
- _simplesave(v, 0, t, func);
- else
- _simplesave(v, ind+1, t, func);
+ if next(o) then
+ func(t, "{\n");
+ for k,v in pairs(o) do
+ func(t, indent(ind));
+ func(t, "[");
+ func(t, basicSerialize(k));
+ func(t, "] = ");
+ if ind == 0 then
+ _simplesave(v, 0, t, func);
+ else
+ _simplesave(v, ind+1, t, func);
+ end
+ func(t, ",\n");
end
- func(t, ",\n");
+ func(t, indent(ind-1));
+ func(t, "}");
+ else
+ func(t, "{}");
end
- func(t, indent(ind-1));
- func(t, "}");
elseif type(o) == "boolean" then
func(t, (o and "true" or "false"));
else