From 0647fadb0a48a34fbf5af1c15532d04dd7277fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:35:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] libs/core: Add Pythonic string formatting syntax

---
 libs/core/luasrc/util.lua | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
index d8fc66623..cc15d3aeb 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ limitations under the License.
 --- LuCI utility functions.
 module("luci.util", package.seeall)
 
+--
+-- Pythonic string formatting extension
+--
+getmetatable("").__mod = function(a, b)
+	if not b then
+		return a
+	elseif type(b) == "table" then
+		return a:format(unpack(b))
+	else
+		return a:format(b)
+	end
+end
+
+
 --
 -- Class helper routines
 --
-- 
2.25.1