From 31cd341b7da2df0966ea76d04f67eeb410a3b5cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Waqas Hussain <waqas20@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:29:19 +0500
Subject: util.serialization: Implemented deserialize().

---
 util/serialization.lua | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'util/serialization.lua')

diff --git a/util/serialization.lua b/util/serialization.lua
index bad2fe43..474b5d65 100644
--- a/util/serialization.lua
+++ b/util/serialization.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ local error = error;
 local pairs = pairs;
 local next = next;
 
+local loadstring = loadstring;
+local setfenv = setfenv;
+local pcall = pcall;
+
 local debug_traceback = debug.traceback;
 local log = require "util.logger".init("serialization");
 module "serialization"
@@ -72,7 +76,14 @@ function serialize(o)
 end
 
 function deserialize(str)
-	error("Not implemented");
+	if type(str) ~= "string" then return nil; end
+	str = "return "..str;
+	local f, err = loadstring(str, "@data");
+	if not f then return nil, err; end
+	setfenv(f, {});
+	local success, ret = pcall(f);
+	if not success then return nil, ret; end
+	return ret;
 end
 
 return _M;
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