Add luci.util.append

diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
index 6498a49766fc0697b67b7afa4817d13313bce658..109ccab286067506dfda99114b2b604109037005 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
@@ -320,23 +320,30 @@ function parse_units(ustr)
        return val
 end
 
---- Combines two or more numerically indexed tables and single objects into one table.
--- @param tbl1 Table value to combine
--- @param tbl2 Table value to combine
--- @param ...  More tables to combine
--- @return             Table value containing all values of given tables
-function combine(...)
-       local result = {}
+--- Appends numerically indexed tables or single objects to a given table.
+-- @param src  Target table
+-- @param ...  Objects to insert
+-- @return             Target table
+function append(src, ...)
        for i, a in ipairs({...}) do
                if type(a) == "table" then
                        for j, v in ipairs(a) do
-                               result[#result+1] = v
+                               src[#src+1] = v
                        end
                else
-                       result[#result+1] = a
+                       src[#src+1] = a
                end
        end
-       return result
+       return src
+end
+
+--- Combines two or more numerically indexed tables and single objects into one table.
+-- @param tbl1 Table value to combine
+-- @param tbl2 Table value to combine
+-- @param ...  More tables to combine
+-- @return             Table value containing all values of given tables
+function combine(...)
+       return append({}, ...)
 end
 
 --- Checks whether the given table contains the given value.