key conversion in a table after saving it to global variable

[Łukasz997 117]

Hello,

I would like to ask: lets's imagine we do

json.encode(table)

and use

setGlobalVariable(...)

to save it.

Next we restrore it by getGlobalVariable, then use json.decode(....) and assign result to the table again.

 

Would it be possible, that keys what in original table was numbers are converted (probably by json...?) to text after save and restore table?

I'm struggling with strange error in quite big QA and suspecting this.

[jgab 2,641]

1 hour ago, Łukasz997 said:

Hello,

I would like to ask: lets's imagine we do

json.encode(table)

and use

setGlobalVariable(...)

to save it.

Next we restrore it by getGlobalVariable, then use json.decode(....) and assign result to the table again.

 

Would it be possible, that keys what in original table was numbers are converted (probably by json...?) to text after save and restore table?

I'm struggling with strange error in quite big QA and suspecting this.

Yes, don't use large numbers as keys.

{[200] = 'A'} 

should be seen as a Lua array with 1-199 being nil.

However, the json.encoder trying to be helpful makes it a string key.

If what you encode is not what you get when you decode it's not really helpful...

[Łukasz997 117]

Thank you. The index was quite large - year number...