From 0e6b3ce86b6993012c217e32bc2c0370340480c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RealBadAngel <maciej.kasatkin@o2.pl>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:40:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add snippet to check if function exists.

---
 technic/helpers.lua | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/technic/helpers.lua b/technic/helpers.lua
index 624a8a7..14c4a30 100644
--- a/technic/helpers.lua
+++ b/technic/helpers.lua
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@ function technic.refill_RE_charge(stack)
 	stack:set_metadata(minetest.serialize(meta))
 	return stack
 end
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+local function resolve_name(function_name)
+	local a = _G
+	for key in string.gmatch(function_name, "([^%.]+)(%.?)") do
+		if a[key] then
+			a = a[key]
+		else
+			return nil
+		end
+	end
+	return a
+end
+
+function technic.function_exists(function_name)
+	return type(resolve_name(function_name)) == 'function'
+end
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
2.30.2