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| -rw-r--r-- | core/moduleapi.lua | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua index 88dd5b41..8fa1b672 100644 --- a/core/moduleapi.lua +++ b/core/moduleapi.lua @@ -257,8 +257,15 @@ end function api:get_option_period(name, default_value) local value = self:get_option_scalar(name, default_value); if type(value) == "number" then + if value < 0 then + self:log("debug", "Treating negative period as infinity"); + return math.huge; + end -- assume seconds return value; + elseif value == "never" then + -- usually for disabling some periodic thing + return math.huge; elseif type(value) == "string" then local ret = human_io.parse_duration(value); if value ~= nil and ret == nil then |