Function getgeneric

xrepo/packages/l/lua/port/lua/src/ltable.c:297–309

** "Generic" get version. (Not that generic: not valid for integers, ** which may be in array part, nor for floats with integral values.) ** See explanation about 'deadok' in function 'equalkey'. */

** See explanation about 'deadok' in function 'equalkey'.
*/
static const TValue *getgeneric (Table *t, const TValue *key, int deadok) {
  Node *n = mainpositionTV(t, key);
  for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
    if (equalkey(key, n, deadok))
      return gval(n);  /* that's it */
    else {
      int nx = gnext(n);
      if (nx == 0)
        return &absentkey;  /* not found */
      n += nx;
    }
  }
}


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