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-- NaNs can't be table keys, and they are also unique, so we don't need to check existence.
-- NaNs can't be table keys, and they are also unique, so we don't need to check existence.
ret[#ret + 1] = v
ret[#ret + 1] = v
elseif not exists[v] then
else
if not exists[v] then
ret[#ret + 1] = v
ret[#ret + 1] = v
exists[v] = true
exists[v] = true
end
end
end
end
end
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function _deepCopy(orig, includeMetatable, already_seen)
local function _deepCopy(orig, includeMetatable, already_seen)
if type(orig) ~= "table" then
-- Stores copies of tables indexed by the original table.
return orig
already_seen = already_seen or {}
end

-- already_seen stores copies of tables indexed by the original table.
local copy = already_seen[orig]
local copy = already_seen[orig]
if copy ~= nil then
if copy ~= nil then
return copy
return copy
end
end

copy = {}
if type(orig) == 'table' then
already_seen[orig] = copy -- memoize before any recursion, to avoid infinite loops
copy = {}
for orig_key, orig_value in pairs(orig) do
for orig_key, orig_value in pairs(orig) do
copy[_deepCopy(orig_key, includeMetatable, already_seen)] = _deepCopy(orig_value, includeMetatable, already_seen)
copy[_deepCopy(orig_key, includeMetatable, already_seen)] = _deepCopy(orig_value, includeMetatable, already_seen)
end
end
already_seen[orig] = copy

if includeMetatable then
if includeMetatable then
local mt = getmetatable(orig)
local mt = getmetatable(orig)
if mt ~= nil then
if mt ~= nil then
local mt_copy = _deepCopy(mt, includeMetatable, already_seen)
setmetatable(copy, _deepCopy(mt, true, already_seen))
setmetatable(copy, mt_copy)
already_seen[mt] = mt_copy
end
end
end
else -- number, string, boolean, etc
copy = orig
end
end
return copy
return copy
end
end
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function p.deepCopy(orig, noMetatable, already_seen)
function p.deepCopy(orig, noMetatable, already_seen)
checkType("deepCopy", 3, already_seen, "table", true)
checkType("deepCopy", 3, already_seen, "table", true)
return _deepCopy(orig, not noMetatable, already_seen)
return _deepCopy(orig, not noMetatable, already_seen or {})
end
end


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end
end
return false
return false
end

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- merge
--
-- Given the arrays, returns an array containing the elements of each input array
-- in sequence.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function p.merge(...)
local arrays = {...}
local ret = {}
for i, arr in ipairs(arrays) do
checkType('merge', i, arr, 'table')
for _, v in ipairs(arr) do
ret[#ret + 1] = v
end
end
return ret
end

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- extend
--
-- Extends the first array in place by appending all elements from the second
-- array.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function p.extend(arr1, arr2)
checkType('extend', 1, arr1, 'table')
checkType('extend', 2, arr2, 'table')

for _, v in ipairs(arr2) do
arr1[#arr1 + 1] = v
end
end
end