Module:Protect Explained

local function processResult(options, success, ...) if not success then local message = tostring(... or '(no message)') if options.removeLocation then message = string.gsub(message, '^Module:[^:]+:%d+: ', , 1) end return string.format(options.errFormat, message) end return ...end

local function protect(func, errFormat, options) if type(errFormat)

'table' then options = options or errFormat errFormat = nil end options = mw.clone(options) or options.errFormat = errFormat or options.errFormat or 'Error: %s' if not options.raw then options.errFormat = '' .. options.errFormat .. '' end options.removeLocation = options.removeLocation

nil or options.removeLocation return function (...) return processResult(options, pcall(func, ...)) endend

return protect