add metatable to decoded array and message to tell array from map

starwing / lua-protobuf

A Lua module to work with Google protobuf

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add metatable to decoded array and message to tell array from map #241

Closed StarlightIbuki closed 1 year ago

StarlightIbuki commented 1 year ago

We cannot tell empty Lua tables from arrays. This PR introduces metatable for them to solve the issue. This is an alternative solution to #240. We make use of OpenResty/lua-cjson's empty_array_mt.

StarlightIbuki commented 1 year ago

Closing as the issue is solved.