# Helpers for converting values to lua
{lib, ...}: let
  isLuaInline = object: (object._type or null) == "lua-inline";

  toLuaObject = args:
    {
      int = toString args;
      float = toString args;

      # escapes \ and quotes
      string = builtins.toJSON args;
      path = builtins.toJSON args;

      bool = lib.boolToString args;
      null = "nil";

      list = "{${lib.concatMapStringsSep ",\n" toLuaObject args}}";

      set =
        if lib.isDerivation args
        then ''"${args}"''
        else if isLuaInline args
        then args.expr
        else "{${
          lib.pipe args [
            (lib.filterAttrs (_: v: v != null))
            (builtins.mapAttrs (
              n: v:
                if lib.hasPrefix "@" n
                then toLuaObject v
                else "[${toLuaObject n}] = ${toLuaObject v}"
            ))
            builtins.attrValues
            (lib.concatStringsSep ",\n")
          ]
        }}";
    }
    .${
      builtins.typeOf args
    }
    or (builtins.throw "Could not convert object of type `${builtins.typeOf args}` to lua object");
in
  {
    inherit isLuaInline toLuaObject;
    luaTable = x: (toLuaObject (map lib.mkLuaInline x));
  }
  // lib.genAttrs [
    "nullString"
    "expToLua"
    "listToLuaTable"
    "attrsetToLuaTable"
  ] (name: lib.warn "${name} is deprecated use toLuaObject instead" toLuaObject)