Function tmove

third-party/lua-5.5.0/src/ltablib.c:126–155

** Copy elements (1[f], ..., 1[e]) into (tt[t], tt[t+1], ...). Whenever ** possible, copy in increasing order, which is better for rehashing. ** "possible" means destination after original range, or smaller ** than origin, or copying to another table. */

** than origin, or copying to another table.
*/
static int tmove (lua_State *L) {
  lua_Integer f = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);
  lua_Integer e = luaL_checkinteger(L, 3);
  lua_Integer t = luaL_checkinteger(L, 4);
  int tt = !lua_isnoneornil(L, 5) ? 5 : 1;  /* destination table */
  checktab(L, 1, TAB_R);
  checktab(L, tt, TAB_W);
  if (e >= f) {  /* otherwise, nothing to move */
    lua_Integer n, i;
    luaL_argcheck(L, f > 0 || e < LUA_MAXINTEGER + f, 3,
                  "too many elements to move");
    n = e - f + 1;  /* number of elements to move */
    luaL_argcheck(L, t <= LUA_MAXINTEGER - n + 1, 4,
                  "destination wrap around");
    if (t > e || t <= f || (tt != 1 && !lua_compare(L, 1, tt, LUA_OPEQ))) {
      for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        lua_geti(L, 1, f + i);
        lua_seti(L, tt, t + i);
      }
    }
    else {
      for (i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        lua_geti(L, 1, f + i);
        lua_seti(L, tt, t + i);
      }
    }
  }
  lua_pushvalue(L, tt);  /* return destination table */
  return 1;
}


static void addfield (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *b, lua_Integer i) {