1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/clua/util.lua b/crawl-ref/source/dat/clua/util.lua
index fab5720a7a..2aa4f2fe85 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/clua/util.lua
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/clua/util.lua
@@ -250,4 +250,28 @@ function util.Timer:mark(what)
   local now = crawl.millis()
   crawl.mpr(what .. ": " .. (now - last) .. " ms")
   self.last = now
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+-- Turn contents of a table into a human readable string
+function table_to_string(table, depth)
+  depth = depth or 0
+
+  local indent = string.rep(" ", depth * 4)
+
+  local str = ""
+
+  for key, value in pairs(table) do
+    str = str .. indent .. key .. ": "
+
+    if type(value) == "table" then
+      str = str .. "\n" .. table_to_string(value, depth + 1)
+    elseif type(value) == "function" then
+      str = str .. "function"
+    else
+      str = str .. value
+    end
+    str = str .. "\n"
+  end
+
+  return str
+end