added delete function for processes, and autodeletes on completion

modpol/orgs/requests.lua

@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ function modpol.orgs:create_process(process_type, request_id)
         end
     end
 
+    local index
     -- attempts to fill empty spots in list, otherwise appends to end
     if empty_index then
         self.processes[empty_index] = new_process
-        return empty_index
+        index = empty_index
     else
         table.insert(self.processes, new_process)
-        return #self.processes
+        index = #self.processes
     end
+
+    new_process.id = index
+    return index
 end
 
 -- ===========================
@@ -169,12 +173,7 @@ function modpol.orgs:make_request(request)
         request_id = empty_index
     else
         table.insert(self.requests, request)
-        -- finds end of list to return current request's id
-        local count = 0
-        for k, v in ipairs(self.requests) do 
-            count = count + 1 
-        end
-        request_id = count
+        request_id = #self.requests
     end
     modpol.ocutil.log("Request made by " .. request.user .. " to " .. request.type)