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| author | Jude Melton-Houghton <jwmhjwmh@gmail.com> | 2022-11-24 17:56:43 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-11-24 17:56:43 -0500 |
| commit | 8817af07fb72fd78fb753fe5d069d0a65a79742f (patch) | |
| tree | 57b4fc5c96aa4065479a79bcb6001075f9091b72 /doc/lua_api.txt | |
| parent | 3c7f26d93721d8d86ca5d9e894e8652b1e2a8672 (diff) | |
| download | minetest-8817af07fb72fd78fb753fe5d069d0a65a79742f.tar.xz | |
Deprecate special handling of `${key}` syntax in metadata values (#12970)
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diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index 1630b06dc..1c8cc1022 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -6861,6 +6861,11 @@ Can be obtained via `item:get_meta()`. Base class used by [`StorageRef`], [`NodeMetaRef`], [`ItemStackMetaRef`], and [`PlayerMetaRef`]. +Note: If a metadata value is in the format `${k}`, an attempt to get the value +will return the value associated with key `k`. There is a low recursion limit. +This behavior is **deprecated** and will be removed in a future version. Usage +of the `${k}` syntax in formspecs is not deprecated. + ### Methods * `contains(key)`: Returns true if key present, otherwise false. |