-- This is broken for larger tables in the current version of LuaJIT\r
nodes = minetest.deserialize(content)\r
else\r
- -- XXX: This is a filthy hack that works surprisingly well\r
+ -- XXX: This is a filthy hack that works surprisingly well - in LuaJIT, `minetest.deserialize` will fail due to the register limit\r
nodes = {}\r
- value = value:gsub("return%s*{", "", 1):gsub("}%s*$", "", 1)\r
+ value = value:gsub("return%s*{", "", 1):gsub("}%s*$", "", 1) -- remove the starting and ending values to leave only the node data\r
local escaped = value:gsub("\\\\", "@@"):gsub("\\\"", "@@"):gsub("(\"[^\"]*\")", function(s) return string.rep("@", #s) end)\r
local startpos, startpos1, endpos = 1, 1\r
- while true do\r
+ while true do -- go through each individual node entry (except the last)\r
startpos, endpos = escaped:find("},%s*{", startpos)\r
if not startpos then\r
break\r
end\r
local current = value:sub(startpos1, startpos)\r
- table.insert(nodes, minetest.deserialize("return " .. current))\r
+ local entry = minetest.deserialize("return " .. current)\r
+ table.insert(nodes, entry)\r
startpos, startpos1 = endpos, endpos\r
end\r
- table.insert(nodes, minetest.deserialize("return " .. value:sub(startpos1)))\r
+ local entry = minetest.deserialize("return " .. value:sub(startpos1)) -- process the last entry\r
+ table.insert(nodes, entry)\r
end\r
else\r
return nil\r