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Utils/luarocks/share/lua/5.1/luasrcdiet/utils.lua

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+---------
+-- General utility functions.
+--
+-- **Note: This module is not part of public API!**
+----
+local ipairs = ipairs
+local pairs = pairs
+
+local M = {}
+
+--- Returns a new table containing the contents of all the given tables.
+-- Tables are iterated using @{pairs}, so this function is intended for tables
+-- that represent *associative arrays*. Entries with duplicate keys are
+-- overwritten with the values from a later table.
+--
+-- @tparam {table,...} ... The tables to merge.
+-- @treturn table A new table.
+function M.merge (...)
+  local result = {}
+
+  for _, tab in ipairs{...} do
+    for key, val in pairs(tab) do
+      result[key] = val
+    end
+  end
+
+  return result
+end
+
+return M