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| -rw-r--r-- | core/moduleapi.lua | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua index 66652e09..88dd5b41 100644 --- a/core/moduleapi.lua +++ b/core/moduleapi.lua @@ -256,16 +256,16 @@ end function api:get_option_period(name, default_value) local value = self:get_option_scalar(name, default_value); - local num = tonumber(value); - if num then + if type(value) == "number" then -- assume seconds - return num; - end - local ret = human_io.parse_duration(value); - if value ~= nil and ret == nil then - self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a period", name); + return value; + elseif type(value) == "string" then + local ret = human_io.parse_duration(value); + if value ~= nil and ret == nil then + self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a period (e.g. \"2 days\")", name); + end + return ret; end - return ret; end function api:get_option_boolean(name, ...) |