-- A usable Lua recursive table printer.

local function tableprint(t, write, prefix, depth)
   if depth == nil then depth = 32 end
   if depth == 0 then write('...') return end
   if write == nil then write = io.write end
   if prefix == nil then prefix = '' end
   local iprefix = prefix..'  '
   if type(t) == 'table' then
      write('{\n')
      for k, v in pairs(t) do
         write(iprefix)
         if type(k) == 'string' and string.find(k, '^%w+$') then
            write(k)
         else
            write('[') tableprint(k, write, iprefix, depth-1) write(']')
         end
         write(' = ') tableprint(v, write, iprefix, depth-1) write(',\n')
      end
      write(prefix) write('}')
   elseif type(t) == 'string' then
      write(string.format('%q', t))
   else
      write(t)
   end
end

tableprint({'okay', 'then', x = 5, {["you are"] = {}, 2.1, {{{{{{y=2, z=3}}}}}}}, [{}] = 5, [{}] = 6})
io.write('\n')