--scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua

--author expwnent

--a tool for invoking simple lua scripts without putting them in a file first

--anonymous-script "print(args[1])" arg1 arg2

--# prints "arg1"

--[[

BEGIN_DOCS

.. _scripts/modtools/anonymous-script:

modtools/anonymous-script

=========================

This allows running a short simple Lua script passed as an argument instead of

running a script from a file. This is useful when you want to do something too

complicated to make with the existing modtools, but too simple to be worth its

own script file.

END_DOCS

]]

local args = {...}

--automatically collect arguments to make the anonymous script more succinct

--load(ld,source,mode,env)

local f,err = load('local args = {...}; ' .. args[1], '=(anonymous lua script)') --,'=(lua command)', 't')

if err then

error(err)

end

--we don't care about the result even if they return something for some reason: we just want to ensure its side-effects happen and print appropriate error messages

dfhack.safecall(f,table.unpack(args,2))