-- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/640642/how-do-you-copy-a-lua-table-by-value/26367080#26367080 function deepcopy(obj, seen) if type(obj) ~= 'table' then return obj end if seen and seen[obj] then return seen[obj] end local s = seen or {} local result = setmetatable({}, getmetatable(obj)) s[obj] = result for k,v in pairs(obj) do result[deepcopy(k, s)] = deepcopy(v, s) end return result end function minmax(a, b) return math.min(a,b), math.max(a,b) end