Module:Taxonbar/whitelist explained

local p =

--returns any combination of strict/lax/all acceptable instance-of's,--either as a table for use inside or another module,--or as an ordered list for use in documentation.function p.whitelist(frame) local listType = frame.args[1] local documentation = frame.args[2] local outList = local acceptableInstanceOf_Strict = local acceptableInstanceOf_Lax = if listType

'strict' then outList = acceptableInstanceOf_Strict elseif listType

'lax' then outList = acceptableInstanceOf_Lax else --elseif listType

'all' then --concatenate strict + lax IIF requested local acceptableInstanceOf_All = local i = 0 for _, v in pairs(acceptableInstanceOf_Strict) do i = i + 1 acceptableInstanceOf_All[i] = v end for _, v in pairs(acceptableInstanceOf_Lax) do i = i + 1 acceptableInstanceOf_All[i] = v end outList = acceptableInstanceOf_All end if (documentation

nil) or --module only (documentation and documentation

) then local out = for k, v in pairs(outList) do out[v] = k --output Q# as keys for easier searching within Module:Taxonbar end return out elseif (documentation

'docdoc') then --self-documentation only local selfdocout = 'myWhitelist = ' local args = out = frame:expandTemplate return out else --normal documentation only local out = for _, q in pairs(outList) do local Q = frame:expandTemplate out = out..'# '..Q..'\n' end out = mw.ustring.gsub(out, '%s+$', ) return out end end

return p