Expose and document chatcommands as minetest.registered_chatcommands

builtin/game/chatcommands.lua

@@ -4,22 +4,23 @@
 -- Chat command handler
 --
 
-core.chatcommands = {}
+core.registered_chatcommands = {}
+core.chatcommands = core.registered_chatcommands -- BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
 function core.register_chatcommand(cmd, def)
 	def = def or {}
 	def.params = def.params or ""
 	def.description = def.description or ""
 	def.privs = def.privs or {}
 	def.mod_origin = core.get_current_modname() or "??"
-	core.chatcommands[cmd] = def
+	core.registered_chatcommands[cmd] = def
 end
 
 core.register_on_chat_message(function(name, message)
 	local cmd, param = string.match(message, "^/([^ ]+) *(.*)")
 	if not param then
 		param = ""
 	end
-	local cmd_def = core.chatcommands[cmd]
+	local cmd_def = core.registered_chatcommands[cmd]
 	if not cmd_def then
 		return false
 	end
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("help", {
 		if param == "" then
 			local msg = ""
 			local cmds = {}
-			for cmd, def in pairs(core.chatcommands) do
+			for cmd, def in pairs(core.registered_chatcommands) do
 				if core.check_player_privs(name, def.privs) then
 					cmds[#cmds + 1] = cmd
 				end
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("help", {
 					.. " or '/help all' to list everything."
 		elseif param == "all" then
 			local cmds = {}
-			for cmd, def in pairs(core.chatcommands) do
+			for cmd, def in pairs(core.registered_chatcommands) do
 				if core.check_player_privs(name, def.privs) then
 					cmds[#cmds + 1] = format_help_line(cmd, def)
 				end
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("help", {
 			return true, "Available privileges:\n"..table.concat(privs, "\n")
 		else
 			local cmd = param
-			local def = core.chatcommands[cmd]
+			local def = core.registered_chatcommands[cmd]
 			if not def then
 				return false, "Command not available: "..cmd
 			else
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ local function handle_grant_command(caller, grantname, grantprivstr)
 	if not (caller_privs.privs or caller_privs.basic_privs) then
 		return false, "Your privileges are insufficient."
 	end
-	
+
 	if not core.get_auth_handler().get_auth(grantname) then
 		return false, "Player " .. grantname .. " does not exist."
 	end
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("grant", {
 		local grantname, grantprivstr = string.match(param, "([^ ]+) (.+)")
 		if not grantname or not grantprivstr then
 			return false, "Invalid parameters (see /help grant)"
-		end	
+		end
 		return handle_grant_command(name, grantname, grantprivstr)
 	end,
 })
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("grantme", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		if param == "" then
 			return false, "Invalid parameters (see /help grantme)"
-		end	
+		end
 		return handle_grant_command(name, name, param)
 	end,
 })

doc/lua_api.txt

@@ -2076,6 +2076,7 @@ Call these functions only at load time!
 
 ### Other registration functions
 * `minetest.register_chatcommand(cmd, chatcommand definition)`
+    * Adds definition to minetest.registered_chatcommands
 * `minetest.register_privilege(name, definition)`
     * `definition`: `"description text"`
     * `definition`: `{ description = "description text", give_to_singleplayer = boolean}`