Simplify some lua table creation with an extension method

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/EmuLuaLibrary.Emu.cs

@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		[LuaMethod("getregisters", "returns the complete set of available flags and registers for a given core")]
 		public LuaTable GetRegisters()
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Emu.GetRegisters();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Emu
+				.GetRegisters()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("emu.setregister( emu.getregisters( )[ 0 ], -1000 );")]

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/EmuLuaLibrary.GameInfo.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using NLua;
 
-using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
-
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
 // ReSharper disable UnusedAutoPropertyAccessor.Local
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -45,10 +43,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		[LuaMethod("getoptions", "returns the game options for the currently loaded rom. Options vary per platform")]
 		public LuaTable GetOptions()
 		{
-			var dict = APIs.GameInfo.GetOptions();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in dict) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.GameInfo
+				.GetOptions()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 	}
 }

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/EmuLuaLibrary.Joypad.cs

@@ -20,20 +20,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		[LuaMethod("get", "returns a lua table of the controller buttons pressed. If supplied, it will only return a table of buttons for the given controller")]
 		public LuaTable Get(int? controller = null)
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Joypad.Get(controller);
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Joypad
+				.Get(controller)
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("local nljoyget = joypad.getimmediate( );")]
 		[LuaMethod("getimmediate", "returns a lua table of any controller buttons currently pressed by the user")]
 		public LuaTable GetImmediate()
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Joypad.GetImmediate();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Joypad
+				.GetImmediate()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("joypad.setfrommnemonicstr( \"|    0,    0,    0,  100,...R..B....|\" );")]

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/EmuLuaLibrary.Movie.cs

@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		[LuaMethod("getinput", "Returns a table of buttons pressed on a given frame of the loaded movie")]
 		public LuaTable GetInput(int frame)
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Movie.GetInput(frame);
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Movie
+				.GetInput(frame)
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("local stmovget = movie.getinputasmnemonic( 500 );")]
@@ -93,10 +92,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		[LuaMethod("getheader", "If a movie is active, will return the movie header as a lua table")]
 		public LuaTable GetHeader()
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Movie.GetHeader();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			
+			return APIs.Movie
+				.GetHeader()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("local nlmovget = movie.getcomments( );")]

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/EmuLuaLibrary.SQL.cs

@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			var result = APIs.Sql.ReadCommand(query);
 			if (result is Dictionary<string, object> dict)
 			{
-				var table = Lua.NewTable();
-				foreach (var kvp in dict) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-				return table;
+				return dict.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 			}
+
 			return result;
 		}
 	}

BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaHelper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 
 using NLua;
@@ -7,6 +8,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public static class LuaExtensions
 	{
+		public static LuaTable ToLuaTable<T>(this IDictionary<string, T> dictionary, Lua lua)
+		{
+			var table = lua.NewTable();
+
+			foreach (var kvp in dictionary)
+			{
+				table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
+			}
+
+			return table;
+		}
+
 		public static LuaTable TableFromObject(this Lua lua, object obj)
 		{
 			var table = lua.NewTable();

BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Input.cs

@@ -20,20 +20,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		[LuaMethod("get", "Returns a lua table of all the buttons the user is currently pressing on their keyboard and gamepads\nAll buttons that are pressed have their key values set to true; all others remain nil.")]
 		public LuaTable Get()
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Input.Get();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Input
+				.Get()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("local nlinpget = input.getmouse( );")]
 		[LuaMethod("getmouse", "Returns a lua table of the mouse X/Y coordinates and button states. Table keys are X, Y, Left, Middle, Right, XButton1, XButton2, Wheel.")]
 		public LuaTable GetMouse()
 		{
-			var result = APIs.Input.GetMouse();
-			var table = Lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in result) table[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
-			return table;
+			return APIs.Input
+				.GetMouse()
+				.ToLuaTable(Lua);
 		}
 	}
 }