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view spec/util_serialization_spec.lua @ 14217:7eb0e47418ab 13.0
util.human.io: Add simple version comparison
This is a small helper function that compares version string (it can be passed
to table.sort() as a comparator).
Full version sorts (e.g. semver, and natural/alphanumeric sort in general) are
more complex, and I would like to eventually support those. But this is a
stable branch and we don't need it for anything just yet.
Regarding justification for the stable branch:
The function is being committed with extensive tests, and isn't currently used
anywhere. The plan is to use it in an upcoming update of how TLS profiles are
configured, but the inputs in that case will be fixed (meaning that the risk
of breakage is lower than if we were running it against arbitrary data).
| author | Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> |
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| date | Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:38:39 +0100 |
| parents | dbfa286cfa88 |
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local serialization = require "util.serialization"; describe("util.serialization", function () describe("serialize", function () it("makes a string", function () assert.is_string(serialization.serialize({})); assert.is_string(serialization.serialize(nil)); assert.is_string(serialization.serialize(1)); assert.is_string(serialization.serialize(true)); end); it("rejects function by default", function () assert.has_error(function () serialization.serialize(function () end) end); end); it("makes a string in debug mode", function () assert.is_string(serialization.serialize(function () end, "debug")); end); it("rejects cycles", function () assert.has_error(function () local t = {} t[t] = { t }; serialization.serialize(t) end); -- also with multirefs allowed assert.has_error(function () local t = {} t[t] = { t }; serialization.serialize(t, { multirefs = true }) end); end); it("rejects multiple references to same table", function () assert.has_error(function () local t1 = {}; local t2 = { t1, t1 }; serialization.serialize(t2, { multirefs = false }); end); end); it("optionally allows multiple references to same table", function () assert.has_error(function () local t1 = {}; local t2 = { t1, t1 }; serialization.serialize(t2, { multirefs = true }); end); end); it("roundtrips", function () local function test(data) local serialized = serialization.serialize(data); assert.is_string(serialized); local deserialized, err = serialization.deserialize(serialized); assert.same(data, deserialized, err); end test({}); test({hello="world"}); test("foobar") test("\0\1\2\3"); test("nödåtgärd"); test({1,2,3,4}); test({foo={[100]={{"bar"},{baz=1}}}}); test({["goto"] = {["function"]={["do"]="keywords"}}}); end); it("can serialize with metatables", function () local s = serialization.new({ freeze = true }); local t = setmetatable({ a = "hi" }, { __freeze = function (t) return { t.a } end }); local rt = serialization.deserialize(s(t)); assert.same({"hi"}, rt); end); end); end);
