doesn't work because fucking metatables

run src.bat

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+@ECHO OFF
+"C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe" "%cd%\src"

src/Card.lua

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+local set = setmetatable
+local lg = love.graphics
+
+local Card = {}
+
+function Card.initialize(suit, rank)
+    local self = {}
+
+    self.suit = suit or "!"
+    self.rank = rank or "#"
+    self.x = 0
+    self.y = 0
+    self.r = 0
+    self.face = "down" --or "up"
+
+    set(self, {__index = Card})
+    return self
+end
+
+function Card:draw(face, x, y, r)
+    if not face then face = self.face end
+    if not x then x = self.x end
+    if not y then y = self.y end
+    if not r then r = self.r end
+
+    lg.translate(x, y)
+    lg.rotate(r)
+    lg.translate(x, y)
+    --TODO if Joker, no suit!
+    lg.print(self.rank .. " of " .. self.suit)
+end
+
+function Card:moveTo(x, y, r)
+    self.x = x or self.x
+    self.y = y or self.y
+    self.r = r or self.r
+end
+
+function Card:flip()
+    if self.face == "down" then
+        self.face = "up"
+    else
+        self.face = "down"
+    end
+end
+
+set(Card, {__call = Card.initialize})
+return Card

src/Deck.lua

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+local set = setmetatable
+local insert = table.insert
+local remove = table.remove
+local random = math.random
+local floor = math.floor
+local lg = love.graphics
+
+local Deck = {}
+
+local inspect = require "lib.inspect" --NOTE DEBUG
+
+function Deck.initialize(cards)
+    local self = {}
+
+    print(inspect(cards)) --NOTE DEBUG
+    self.cards = cards or {}
+    self.x = 0
+    self.y = 0
+    self.r = 0
+    self.face = "down" --or "up"
+
+    set(self, {__index = Deck})
+    return self
+end
+
+function Deck:draw()
+    local thickness = floor(#self.cards / 3)
+    print(inspect(self.cards)) --NOTE DEBUG
+    self.cards[#self.cards]:draw(self.face, self.x, self.y, self.r)
+
+    --TODO draw the extra lines
+end
+
+function Deck:moveTo(x, y, r)
+    self.x = x or self.x
+    self.y = y or self.y
+    self.r = r or self.r
+end
+
+function Deck:shuffleCards()
+    local new = {}
+
+    while #self.cards > 0 do
+        insert(new, remove(self.cards, random(1, #self.cards)))
+    end
+
+    self.cards = new
+end
+
+function Deck:drawCards(count)
+    if count and (count > 1) then
+        local new = {}
+
+        while (count > 1) and (#self.cards > 1) do
+            insert(new, remove(self.cards))
+        end
+
+        return Deck(new)
+    else
+        return remove(self.cards)
+    end
+end
+
+--on top of deck
+function Deck:placeCardsOn(cards)
+    if type(cards) == "table" then
+        for _, card in ipairs(cards) do
+            insert(self.cards, card)
+        end
+    else
+        insert(self.cards, cards)
+    end
+end
+
+--on bottom of deck
+function Deck:placeCardsUnder(cards)
+    if type(cards) == "table" then
+        for _, card in ipairs(cards) do
+            insert(self.cards, card, 1)
+        end
+    else
+        insert(self.cards, cards, 1)
+    end
+end
+
+set(Deck, {__call = Deck.initialize})
+return Deck

src/conf.lua

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+function love.conf(t)
+    t.console = true
+end

src/lib/inspect.lua

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+local inspect ={
+  _VERSION = 'inspect.lua 3.0.2',
+  _URL     = 'http://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua',
+  _DESCRIPTION = 'human-readable representations of tables',
+  _LICENSE = [[
+    MIT LICENSE
+
+    Copyright (c) 2013 Enrique García Cota
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+    copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+    the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+    in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+    OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+    CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+    TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+    SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+  ]]
+}
+
+inspect.KEY       = setmetatable({}, {__tostring = function() return 'inspect.KEY' end})
+inspect.METATABLE = setmetatable({}, {__tostring = function() return 'inspect.METATABLE' end})
+
+-- returns the length of a table, ignoring __len (if it exists)
+local rawlen = _G.rawlen or function(t) return #t end
+
+-- Apostrophizes the string if it has quotes, but not aphostrophes
+-- Otherwise, it returns a regular quoted string
+local function smartQuote(str)
+  if str:match('"') and not str:match("'") then
+    return "'" .. str .. "'"
+  end
+  return '"' .. str:gsub('"', '\\"') .. '"'
+end
+
+local controlCharsTranslation = {
+  ["\a"] = "\\a",  ["\b"] = "\\b", ["\f"] = "\\f",  ["\n"] = "\\n",
+  ["\r"] = "\\r",  ["\t"] = "\\t", ["\v"] = "\\v"
+}
+
+local function escape(str)
+  local result = str:gsub("\\", "\\\\"):gsub("(%c)", controlCharsTranslation)
+  return result
+end
+
+local function isIdentifier(str)
+  return type(str) == 'string' and str:match( "^[_%a][_%a%d]*$" )
+end
+
+local function isSequenceKey(k, length)
+  return type(k) == 'number'
+     and 1 <= k
+     and k <= length
+     and math.floor(k) == k
+end
+
+local defaultTypeOrders = {
+  ['number']   = 1, ['boolean']  = 2, ['string'] = 3, ['table'] = 4,
+  ['function'] = 5, ['userdata'] = 6, ['thread'] = 7
+}
+
+local function sortKeys(a, b)
+  local ta, tb = type(a), type(b)
+
+  -- strings and numbers are sorted numerically/alphabetically
+  if ta == tb and (ta == 'string' or ta == 'number') then return a < b end
+
+  local dta, dtb = defaultTypeOrders[ta], defaultTypeOrders[tb]
+  -- Two default types are compared according to the defaultTypeOrders table
+  if dta and dtb then return defaultTypeOrders[ta] < defaultTypeOrders[tb]
+  elseif dta     then return true  -- default types before custom ones
+  elseif dtb     then return false -- custom types after default ones
+  end
+
+  -- custom types are sorted out alphabetically
+  return ta < tb
+end
+
+local function getNonSequentialKeys(t)
+  local keys, length = {}, rawlen(t)
+  for k,_ in pairs(t) do
+    if not isSequenceKey(k, length) then table.insert(keys, k) end
+  end
+  table.sort(keys, sortKeys)
+  return keys
+end
+
+local function getToStringResultSafely(t, mt)
+  local __tostring = type(mt) == 'table' and rawget(mt, '__tostring')
+  local str, ok
+  if type(__tostring) == 'function' then
+    ok, str = pcall(__tostring, t)
+    str = ok and str or 'error: ' .. tostring(str)
+  end
+  if type(str) == 'string' and #str > 0 then return str end
+end
+
+local maxIdsMetaTable = {
+  __index = function(self, typeName)
+    rawset(self, typeName, 0)
+    return 0
+  end
+}
+
+local idsMetaTable = {
+  __index = function (self, typeName)
+    local col = {}
+    rawset(self, typeName, col)
+    return col
+  end
+}
+
+local function countTableAppearances(t, tableAppearances)
+  tableAppearances = tableAppearances or {}
+
+  if type(t) == 'table' then
+    if not tableAppearances[t] then
+      tableAppearances[t] = 1
+      for k,v in pairs(t) do
+        countTableAppearances(k, tableAppearances)
+        countTableAppearances(v, tableAppearances)
+      end
+      countTableAppearances(getmetatable(t), tableAppearances)
+    else
+      tableAppearances[t] = tableAppearances[t] + 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  return tableAppearances
+end
+
+local copySequence = function(s)
+  local copy, len = {}, #s
+  for i=1, len do copy[i] = s[i] end
+  return copy, len
+end
+
+local function makePath(path, ...)
+  local keys = {...}
+  local newPath, len = copySequence(path)
+  for i=1, #keys do
+    newPath[len + i] = keys[i]
+  end
+  return newPath
+end
+
+local function processRecursive(process, item, path)
+  if item == nil then return nil end
+
+  local processed = process(item, path)
+  if type(processed) == 'table' then
+    local processedCopy = {}
+    local processedKey
+
+    for k,v in pairs(processed) do
+      processedKey = processRecursive(process, k, makePath(path, k, inspect.KEY))
+      if processedKey ~= nil then
+        processedCopy[processedKey] = processRecursive(process, v, makePath(path, processedKey))
+      end
+    end
+
+    local mt  = processRecursive(process, getmetatable(processed), makePath(path, inspect.METATABLE))
+    setmetatable(processedCopy, mt)
+    processed = processedCopy
+  end
+  return processed
+end
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local Inspector = {}
+local Inspector_mt = {__index = Inspector}
+
+function Inspector:puts(...)
+  local args   = {...}
+  local buffer = self.buffer
+  local len    = #buffer
+  for i=1, #args do
+    len = len + 1
+    buffer[len] = tostring(args[i])
+  end
+end
+
+function Inspector:down(f)
+  self.level = self.level + 1
+  f()
+  self.level = self.level - 1
+end
+
+function Inspector:tabify()
+  self:puts(self.newline, string.rep(self.indent, self.level))
+end
+
+function Inspector:alreadyVisited(v)
+  return self.ids[type(v)][v] ~= nil
+end
+
+function Inspector:getId(v)
+  local tv = type(v)
+  local id = self.ids[tv][v]
+  if not id then
+    id              = self.maxIds[tv] + 1
+    self.maxIds[tv] = id
+    self.ids[tv][v] = id
+  end
+  return id
+end
+
+function Inspector:putKey(k)
+  if isIdentifier(k) then return self:puts(k) end
+  self:puts("[")
+  self:putValue(k)
+  self:puts("]")
+end
+
+function Inspector:putTable(t)
+  if t == inspect.KEY or t == inspect.METATABLE then
+    self:puts(tostring(t))
+  elseif self:alreadyVisited(t) then
+    self:puts('<table ', self:getId(t), '>')
+  elseif self.level >= self.depth then
+    self:puts('{...}')
+  else
+    if self.tableAppearances[t] > 1 then self:puts('<', self:getId(t), '>') end
+
+    local nonSequentialKeys = getNonSequentialKeys(t)
+    local length            = rawlen(t)
+    local mt                = getmetatable(t)
+    local toStringResult    = getToStringResultSafely(t, mt)
+
+    self:puts('{')
+    self:down(function()
+      if toStringResult then
+        self:puts(' -- ', escape(toStringResult))
+        if length >= 1 then self:tabify() end
+      end
+
+      local count = 0
+      for i=1, length do
+        if count > 0 then self:puts(',') end
+        self:puts(' ')
+        self:putValue(t[i])
+        count = count + 1
+      end
+
+      for _,k in ipairs(nonSequentialKeys) do
+        if count > 0 then self:puts(',') end
+        self:tabify()
+        self:putKey(k)
+        self:puts(' = ')
+        self:putValue(t[k])
+        count = count + 1
+      end
+
+      if mt then
+        if count > 0 then self:puts(',') end
+        self:tabify()
+        self:puts('<metatable> = ')
+        self:putValue(mt)
+      end
+    end)
+
+    if #nonSequentialKeys > 0 or mt then -- result is multi-lined. Justify closing }
+      self:tabify()
+    elseif length > 0 then -- array tables have one extra space before closing }
+      self:puts(' ')
+    end
+
+    self:puts('}')
+  end
+end
+
+function Inspector:putValue(v)
+  local tv = type(v)
+
+  if tv == 'string' then
+    self:puts(smartQuote(escape(v)))
+  elseif tv == 'number' or tv == 'boolean' or tv == 'nil' then
+    self:puts(tostring(v))
+  elseif tv == 'table' then
+    self:putTable(v)
+  else
+    self:puts('<',tv,' ',self:getId(v),'>')
+  end
+end
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function inspect.inspect(root, options)
+  options       = options or {}
+
+  local depth   = options.depth   or math.huge
+  local newline = options.newline or '\n'
+  local indent  = options.indent  or '  '
+  local process = options.process
+
+  if process then
+    root = processRecursive(process, root, {})
+  end
+
+  local inspector = setmetatable({
+    depth            = depth,
+    buffer           = {},
+    level            = 0,
+    ids              = setmetatable({}, idsMetaTable),
+    maxIds           = setmetatable({}, maxIdsMetaTable),
+    newline          = newline,
+    indent           = indent,
+    tableAppearances = countTableAppearances(root)
+  }, Inspector_mt)
+
+  inspector:putValue(root)
+
+  return table.concat(inspector.buffer)
+end
+
+setmetatable(inspect, { __call = function(_, ...) return inspect.inspect(...) end })
+
+return inspect

src/main.lua

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+math.randomseed(os.time())
+local Deck = require "Deck"
+local Card = require "Card"
+local insert = table.insert
+
+local items = {}
+
+local inspect = require "lib.inspect" --NOTE DEBUG
+
+local function makeDeck(jokers)
+    local cards = {}
+    local suits = {"Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades"}
+    local ranks = {"Ace", 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, "Jack", "Queen", "King"}
+
+    for _, suit in ipairs(suits) do
+        for _, rank in ipairs(ranks) do
+            insert(cards, Card(suit, rank))
+        end
+    end
+
+    if jokers then
+        insert(cards, Card("", "Joker"))
+        insert(cards, Card("", "Joker"))
+    end
+
+    print(inspect(cards)) --NOTE DEBUG
+    print(inspect(cards[1].suit))
+
+    return Deck(cards)
+end
+
+function love.load()
+    insert(items, makeDeck(true))
+    items[1]:shuffleCards()
+    items[1]:moveTo(love.graphics.getWidth()/2, love.graphics.getHeight()/2)
+end
+
+function love.draw()
+    for i=1,#items do
+        items[i]:draw()
+    end
+end
+
+-- ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K Joker