User:Dr. Strangelove/ReadModule

local timeA = os.clock() local p = {}

local data = mw.loadData('Module:Test/data')

function find_key_in_table(find_key, in_table) for key, val in pairs(in_table) do if key == find_key then return val elseif type(val) == "table" then local var = find_key_in_table(find_key, val) if var then return var end end end end

-- use "ParentName" to identify the parent -- side effect (data table as parameter) function find_using_inheritance(find_key, in_table) local found = find_key_in_table(find_key, in_table) if found then return found elseif in_table.ParentName then found = find_using_inheritance(find_key, find_key_in_table(in_table.ParentName, data)) if found then return found end end end

function p.get(frame, data) local parent = find_key_in_table(frame.args[1], data) local found = find_using_inheritance(frame.args[2], parent) return found end

local timeB = os.clock()

mw.log(timeB-timeA)

return p