Modpol/modpol.lua

-- ===================================================================
-- /modpol.lua
-- Modular Politics (modpol) core

-- ===================================================================
-- Basic tables

-- Main API table
modpol = {
}

-- Table for modpol data
modpol.orgs = {
}

-- Record of every state change should appear here
modpol.ledger = {
}

-- ===================================================================
-- Locate framework top-level directory.

-- This function is intended for use under Linux and/or UNIX only.  It
-- returns  a relative or  absolute path  for the framework  top-level
-- directory without a trailing slash.

local get_script_dir = function()
    local  str = debug.getinfo (2, "S").source:sub (2)
           str = str:match ("(.*/)") or "."
           str = str:gsub ("/$", "", 1)
    return str
end

-- Absolute or relative path to script directory.
local  topdir = get_script_dir()
modpol.topdir = topdir
print (topdir)

-- ===================================================================
-- Load dependencies

-- OldCoder utilities
dofile (topdir .. "/ocutil.lua")

-- ===================================================================
-- Persistent storage
-- must implement modpol.load_storage() and modpol.store_data()

-- Select a storage method
-- Works with CLI:
dofile (topdir .. "/storage-local.lua")
-- Works with Minetest 5:
-- dofile (topdir .. "/storage-mod_storage.lua")

-- If available, load persistent storage into active tables
modpol.load_storage()

-- ===================================================================
-- ModPol core features

dofile (topdir .. "/users.lua")
dofile (topdir .. "/orgs.lua")
dofile (topdir .. "/interactions.lua")
-- messaging functions
dofile (topdir .. "/processes.lua")

-- ===================================================================
-- Final checks

-- create instance if not present
if (modpol.orgs["instance"] == nil) then
   modpol.add_org("instance", modpol.list_users())
end

ocutil.log ("modpol loaded")

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-- End of file.