kikito/inspect.lua

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A single-file Lua library that transforms any Lua value into a human-readable string representation, with special support for rendering tables. It handles nested tables, metatables, and circular references, and is intended for debugging rather than serialization.

Use cases

• pretty-print Lua tables for debugging
• inspect nested table structures in error logs
• print tables with circular references safely
• display metatables when debugging
• limit output depth when dumping large tables
• render Lua values in REPL or test output

When to choose

• debugging Lua table contents
• printing nested or self-referential tables
• inspecting metatables
• readable output in tests or REPLs

When to avoid

• you need machine-readable serialization (use a JSON or data serializer instead)
• you need compact output for storage or transmission
• you are not working with Lua

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools serialization logging developer-tools programming-languages lua cross-platform lua pretty-printing debugging tables human-readable

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