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--[[
-- this function is still draft
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- call
--
-- Example:
-- {{#invoke:LuaCall|call|mw.log|a|1|2|3}} will return mw.log('a', 1, 2, 3)
-- {{#invoke:LuaCall|call|mw.logObject|a|321}} will return mw.logObject('a', 321)
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.call(frame)
function p.call(frame)
local args = {}
local args = {}

Revision as of 10:20, 7 March 2019

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:LuaCall/doc

local p={}

function p.main(frame)
    local parent=frame.getParent(frame) or {}
    local reserved_value={}
    local reserved_function,reserved_contents
    for k,v in pairs(parent.args or {}) do
        --if tonumber(v) then v=tonumber(v) end
        _G[k]=tonumber(v) or v -- transfer every parameter directly to the global variable table
        -- debuglog=debuglog..k.."="..v.."</nowiki><br /><nowiki>"
    end
    for k,v in pairs(frame.args or {}) do
        --if tonumber(v) then v=tonumber(v) end       
        _G[k]=tonumber(v) or v -- transfer every parameter directly to the global variable table
    end
     --- Alas Scribunto does NOT implement coroutines, according to
     --- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#string.format
     --- this will not stop us from trying to implement one single lousy function call
    if _G[1] then
        reserved_function,reserved_contents=mw.ustring.match(_G[1],"^%s*(%a[^%s%(]*)%(([^%)]*)%)%s*$")
    end
    if reserved_contents then
        local reserved_counter=0
        repeat
            reserved_counter=reserved_counter+1
            reserved_value[reserved_counter]=_G[mw.ustring.match(reserved_contents,"([^%,]+)")]
            reserved_contents=mw.ustring.match(reserved_contents,"[^%,]+,(.*)$")
        until not reserved_contents
    end
    local reserved_arraypart=_G
    while mw.ustring.match(reserved_function,"%.") do
        reserved_functionpart,reserved_function=mw.ustring.match(reserved_function,"^(%a[^%.]*)%.(.*)$")
        reserved_arraypart=reserved_arraypart[reserved_functionpart]
    end
    local reserved_call=reserved_arraypart[reserved_function]
    if type(reserved_call)~="function" then
        return tostring(reserved_call)
    elseif reserved_debug or not reserved_function then return mw.text.nowiki(debuglog)
    else reserved_output={reserved_call(unpack(reserved_value))}
        return reserved_output[reserved_return or 1]
    end
end

-- This function is modified from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Ustring?oldid=885619921
-- All frame's arguments are coerced as number type if possible. If you wish for something to remain a string, you can simply escape it by insert \ at the beginning of the string. 
function p.import(o)
	local p = {}

	for k, v in pairs(o) do
		p[k] = function(frame)
			local args = {}
			for _, v in ipairs(frame.args) do
				table.insert(args, tonumber(v) or v:gsub("^\\", "", 1))
			end
			return (v(unpack(args)))
		end
	end

	return p
end

-- ipairsAt()/ipairsAtOffset() will be proposed to be placed in [[Module:TableTools]]
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- ipairsAt
--
-- This is an iterator for arrays. It can be used like ipairs, but with
-- specified i as first index to iterate.
--
--    for i,v in p.ipairsAt(t, 3) do body end
--
-- will iterate over the pairs (3,t[3]),(4,t[4]),..., up to the first
-- integer key absent from the table.
--
-- Note: The following is an example to do range iteration from 3 to j
--
--    for i,v in p.ipairsAt(t, 3) do if i>j then break end; body end
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
local function ipairsAt(t, i)
	--return ipairsAtOffset(t, i-1)
	-- This may be less overhead than return ipairsAtOffset() above
	local f, s, i0 = ipairs(t)
	return f, s, i0+i-1
end

--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- ipairsAtOffset
--
-- Like ipairsAt(), except that it treat argument i as offset from 1
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
local function ipairsAtOffset(t, i)
	local f, s, i0 = ipairs(t)
	return f, s, i0+i
end

--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- call
--
-- Example:
--    {{#invoke:LuaCall|call|mw.log|a|1|2|3}} will return mw.log('a', 1, 2, 3)
--    {{#invoke:LuaCall|call|mw.logObject|a|321}} will return mw.logObject('a', 321)
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.call(frame)
	local args = {}
	local f = frame.args[1]
	f = mw.text.split(mw.text.trim(f, '%s'), '%s*%.%s*')
	for _, v in ipairsAtOffset(frame.args, 1) do
		table.insert(args, tonumber(v) or v:gsub("^\\", "", 1))
	end
	local G = _G
	for _, v in ipairs(f) do
		G = G[v]
	end
	return (G(unpack(args)))
end

return p