init.lua - dump lua global table with table element size estimate

gistfile1.lua

minetest.register_chatcommand("dump", {
	params = "",
	description = "Dump all objects in the global table",
	func = function()
		print("_G has "..#_G.." elements")
		for k,v in pairs(_G) do
			if k~="_G" then
				if type(v)=="string" or type(v)=="number" then
					print("G["..k.."]="..v)
				elseif type(v)=="table" then
					print("G["..k.."]=("..type(v)..")="..string.len(tostring(k)..tostring(v)))
				else
					print("G["..k.."]=("..type(v)..")")
				end
			end
		end

		return true, "Table dumped to console"
	end
})