Allow dumping userdata (#7012)

[minetest.git] / builtin / common / misc_helpers.lua

diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
index baa9be2681f1718cf50b1f9683846938c3273da2..88bae2b0b642ccb422573cf412cc4c69820b3dbb 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ end
 -- The dumped and level arguments are internal-only.
 
 function dump(o, indent, nested, level)
-       if type(o) ~= "table" then
+       local t = type(o)
+       if not level and t == "userdata" then
+               -- when userdata (e.g. player) is passed directly, print its metatable:
+               return "userdata metatable: " .. dump(getmetatable(o))
+       end
+       if t ~= "table" then
                return basic_dump(o)
        end
        -- Contains table -> true/nil of currently nested tables