From 2e2b36cfb7c744d345d178bf60024186bdde8fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tangent <rose@tangentfox.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:30:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add asymptome.lua

some util functions
---
 asymptome.lua | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 asymptome.lua

diff --git a/asymptome.lua b/asymptome.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69101df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asymptome.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+local json = require "lib.dkjson"
+math.randomseed(os.time())
+
+local load_json = function(file_name)
+  local file, error_message = io.open(file_name, "r")
+  assert(file, error_message)
+  local result = json.decode(file:read("*all"))
+  file:close()
+  return result
+end
+
+local save_json = function(file_name, data)
+  local file, error_message = io.open(file_name, "w")
+  assert(file, error_message)
+  file:write(json.encode(data, { indent = true, }))
+  file:write("\n")
+  file:close()
+end
+
+local random_order = function(array)
+  local temporary, order = {}, {}
+  for i = 1, #array do
+    temporary[i] = i
+  end
+  while next(temporary) do
+    order[#order + 1] = table.remove(temporary, math.random(1, #temporary))
+  end
+  return order
+end