From e9f64c53e695af025d289d5260a15ee01b3d76de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linden <65407488+thelindat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:55:43 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(table): add recursive clone function

table.clone creates a soft copy of an existing table (any tables inside the table will still be references).

This sets up a basic loop to clone any tables within a table and create deep copies.
---
 imports/table/shared.lua | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/imports/table/shared.lua b/imports/table/shared.lua
index 24a0599..058988b 100644
--- a/imports/table/shared.lua
+++ b/imports/table/shared.lua
@@ -44,4 +44,15 @@ local function table_matches(t1, t2)
 end
 table.matches = table_matches
 
+local function table_deepclone(tbl)
+	tbl = table.clone(tbl)
+	for k, v in pairs(tbl) do
+		if type(v) == 'table' then
+			tbl[k] = table_deepclone(v)
+		end
+	end
+	return tbl
+end
+table.deepclone = table_deepclone
+
 return table
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