//set ignores metadata and param2

[HybridDog]

I think that worldedit.set currently completely ignores the metadata and param2 (and the usually volatile param1) values. This leads to the problem that e.g. when the player execute /set stone with a chest in the selected area, the chest inventory is still there afterwards, in the stone. With the /replace command, not changing the param2 may sometimes be intended, e.g. when replacing stair nodes. When using //set default:tree on the stair nodes, the trees retain the stairs rotation, which is usually not desired. http://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit/blob/b2e086f9ec07ea0cdf4b7af81758cf544240a936/worldedit/manipulations.lua#L16

[sfan5]

The interesting question is, in which case should //set reset param2:

• when setting air?
• when setting a node that does not have a paramtype2 defined? or a different one?
• always?
• should this behavior differ from //replace?

The best way here is probably to add new command(s) that really get rid of everything in the area, which users can then use if they intend to. But then that doesn't work with //replace, so maybe a flag?