Module:User:Theknightwho/links

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Useful links: root page • root page’s subpages • links • transclusions • testcases • user page • user talk page • userspace

This is a private module sandbox of Theknightwho, for their own experimentation. Items in this module may be added and removed at Theknightwho's discretion; do not rely on this module's stability.

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local parser = require("Module:User:Theknightwho/wikitext parser")

local export = {}

local function iterate_links(text)
	text:new_iter("next_node")
	-- If text is itself a template object, return it on the first iteration.
	local self_ret, node = text.type == "wikilink"
	return function()
		if self_ret then
			self_ret = false
			return text
		end
		repeat
			node = text:iterate()
		until not node or node.type == "wikilink"
		if node then
			return node
		end
	end
end

function export.language_link(data, allow_self_link)
	if type(data) ~= "table" then
		error("The first argument to the function language_link must be a table. See Module:links/documentation for more information.")
	-- Nothing to process, return nil.
	elseif not (data.term or data.alt) then
		return nil
	end
	
	local term, alt
	if data.term then
		term = parser.parse_link_template(data.term)
		if data.alt then
			alt = parser.parse_nowiki(data.alt, true)
		end
	elseif data.alt then
		alt = parser.parse(data.alt, true)
	end
	
	for link in iterate_links(term) do
		
	end
end

return export