initial commit of vaguely working ish build

src/lib/meta.lua

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+local function new()
+	local x = { level = 1, new = new }
+	local m = {}
+	setmetatable(x, m)
+
+	m.__eq = function(p1,p2)
+		if getmetatable(p1) == getmetatable(p2) then
+			return true
+		end
+	end
+
+	m.__index = function(inst, key)
+		local lvl = rawget(inst, "level")
+		if key == "level" then
+			return lvl
+		else
+			return setmetatable({ level = lvl + 1 }, m)
+		end
+	end
+
+	m.__tostring = function(inst)
+		return ("RECURSION "):rep(rawget(inst, "level"))
+	end
+	
+	return x
+end
+
+return new()