model: do not automatically dereference set members

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/acf/model/node.lua b/acf/model/node.lua
index 7be92cb..56d3416 100644
--- a/acf/model/node.lua
+++ b/acf/model/node.lua
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function M.TreeNode:init(context)
    local mt = getmetatable(self)
    util.update(mt, context)
 
+   mt.dereference = true
    mt.meta = {}
    function mt.get(k, create) return mt.load(k, {create=create}) end
 
@@ -246,11 +247,16 @@ for _, mf in ipairs{
 } do M[mf] = meta_func(mf) end
 
 
-function M.pairs(tbl)
+function M.pairs(tbl, dereference)
    if not isinstance(tbl, M.TreeNode) then return pairs(tbl) end
+
    local mt = getmetatable(tbl)
+   if dereference == nil then dereference = mt.dereference end
+
    local res = {}
-   for _, member in ipairs(mt.members()) do res[member] = mt.load(member) end
+   for _, member in ipairs(mt.members()) do
+      res[member] = mt.load(member, {dereference=dereference})
+   end
    return pairs(res)
 end