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Version 1.0.2
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Fixed bug with explicit garbage collection (requests > 256kB caused an error)
Views prefixed with an underscore can't be called externally
ui.paginate now displays the last page, if the selected page number is too high.
author | jbe/bsw |
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date | Thu Dec 10 12:00:00 2009 +0100 (2009-12-10) |
parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 |
children |
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1 function convert.from_human(str, typ)
2 if not typ then
3 error("Using convert.from_human(...) to convert a human readable string to an internal data type needs a type to be specified as second parameter.")
4 end
5 if not str then return nil end -- TODO: decide, if an error should be raised instead
6 local type_symbol = convert._type_symbol_mappings[typ]
7 if not type_symbol then
8 error("Unrecognized type reference passed to convert.from_human(...).")
9 end
10 local converter = convert["_from_human_to_" .. type_symbol]
11 if not converter then
12 error("Type reference passed to convert.from_human(...) was recognized, but the converter function is not existent.")
13 end
14 return converter(str)
15 end