Changeset

13206:7435a9341bb3

core.moduleapi: Turn negative periods or "never" into infinity As a way to signal that the periodic thing should be disabled, matching existing mod_mam usage
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:01:31 +0200
parents 13205:0ccd82b965d5
children 13207:c563da1694bf
files core/moduleapi.lua
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/core/moduleapi.lua	Sun Jul 16 20:59:27 2023 +0200
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua	Sun Jul 16 21:01:31 2023 +0200
@@ -257,8 +257,15 @@
 function api:get_option_period(name, default_value)
 	local value = self:get_option_scalar(name, default_value);
 	if type(value) == "number" then
+		if value < 0 then
+			self:log("debug", "Treating negative period as infinity");
+			return math.huge;
+		end
 		-- assume seconds
 		return value;
+	elseif value == "never" then
+		-- usually for disabling some periodic thing
+		return math.huge;
 	elseif type(value) == "string" then
 		local ret = human_io.parse_duration(value);
 		if value ~= nil and ret == nil then