awesome/lib/gears/debug.lua

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- @author Uli Schlachter
-- @copyright 2010 Uli Schlachter
-- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
-- @module gears.debug
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local error = error
local tostring = tostring
local traceback = debug.traceback
local print = print
local type = type
local pairs = pairs
local debug = {}
--- Check that the given condition holds true, else throw an error
--
-- @param cond If this is false, throw a lua error with a backtrace.
-- @param[opt] message Message to print in the error.
function debug.assert(cond, message)
local message = message or cond
if not cond then
error(traceback("Assertion failed: '" .. tostring(message) .. "'"))
end
end
--- Given a table (or any other data) return a string that contains its
-- tag, value and type. If data is a table then recursively call `dump_raw`
-- on each of its values.
-- @param data Value to inspect.
-- @param shift Spaces to indent lines with.
-- @param tag The name of the value.
-- @tparam[opt=10] int depth Depth of recursion.
-- @return a string which contains tag, value, value type and table key/value
-- pairs if data is a table.
local function dump_raw(data, shift, tag, depth)
depth = depth == nil and 10 or depth or 0
local result = ""
if tag then
result = result .. tostring(tag) .. " : "
end
if type(data) == "table" and depth > 0 then
shift = (shift or "") .. " "
result = result .. tostring(data)
for k, v in pairs(data) do
result = result .. "\n" .. shift .. dump_raw(v, shift, k, depth - 1)
end
else
result = result .. tostring(data) .. " (" .. type(data) .. ")"
if depth == 0 and type(data) == "table" then
result = result .. " […]"
end
end
return result
end
--- Inspect the value in data.
-- @param data Value to inspect.
-- @param tag The name of the value.
-- @tparam[opt] int depth Depth of recursion.
-- @return string A string that contains the expanded value of data.
function debug.dump_return(data, tag, depth)
return dump_raw(data, nil, tag, depth)
end
--- Print the table (or any other value) to the console.
-- @param data Table to print.
-- @param tag The name of the table.
-- @tparam[opt] int depth Depth of recursion.
function debug.dump(data, tag, depth)
print(debug.dump_return(data, tag, depth))
end
return debug
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