appgurueu / strictest

Runtime Strictness for Minetest Mods

Strictest

Runtime Strictness for Minetest Mods

Strictest consists of two components:

• Lua strictness:
  • Disallows string indexing misses: ("...").something will throw an error if there is no string.something to prevent accidental use of strings where tables are expected
  • Disables string - number coercion where possible
• Minetest strictness: Disallows usage of deprecated APIs & using entity-only or player-only methods on the wrong type of object.

Particularly useful when writing new mods that don't target older Minetest versions.

Configuration

strictest.action can be set to either error or log:

• error: Immediately throw an error on strictness violations.
• log: Merely log the error (including a stacktrace).

Potentially partially redundant with the deprecated_lua_api_handling setting.

Usage

Install & enable strictest, then make sure to optionally depend on it in mod.conf.

Note that runtime strictness always comes at a cost. Running strictest on production servers under heavy load is thus not advisable.

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Links: GitHub, ContentDB, Minetest Forums

License: Written by Lars Müller and licensed under the MIT license.