From 62fe5f51d3b8caa6aa600849a6c4cc86c5dbfb7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kistaro Windrider <kistaro@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 23:57:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] val helper function

---
 updatedshmup.p8 | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/updatedshmup.p8 b/updatedshmup.p8
index 1a7ac7e..f43382e 100644
--- a/updatedshmup.p8
+++ b/updatedshmup.p8
@@ -459,6 +459,16 @@ function parser:saveas(prev, name, sel)
  self[name] = sel and prev[sel] or prev
 end
 
+-- returns its args, ignoring
+-- prev. Used to stuff things
+-- into prev. args are packed
+-- if there's multiple.
+function parser:val(_, ...)
+ local ret := pack(...)
+ if (#ret == 1) return ret[1]
+ return ret
+end
+
 -->8
 --ship behavior