Minetest-WorldEditAdditions/worldeditadditions/lib/copy.lua

local wea_c = worldeditadditions_core
local Vector3 = wea_c.Vector3

--- Copies a region to another location, potentially overwriting the exiting region.
-- @module worldeditadditions.copy

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function worldeditadditions.copy(source_pos1, source_pos2, target_pos1, target_pos2)
	source_pos1, source_pos2 = Vector3.sort(source_pos1, source_pos2)
	target_pos1, target_pos2 = Vector3.sort(target_pos1, target_pos2)
	
	local offset = source_pos1:subtract(target_pos1)
	-- {source,target}_pos2 will always have the highest co-ordinates now
	
	-- Fetch the nodes in the source area
	local manip_source, area_source = worldedit.manip_helpers.init(source_pos1, source_pos2)
	local data_source = manip_source:get_data()
	
	-- Fetch a manip for the target area
	local manip_target, area_target = worldedit.manip_helpers.init(target_pos1, target_pos2)
	local data_target = manip_target:get_data()
	
	-- z y x is the preferred loop order (because CPU cache, since then we're iterating linearly through the data array backwards. This only holds true for little-endian machines however)
	
	for z = source_pos2.z, source_pos1.z, -1 do
		for y = source_pos2.y, source_pos1.y, -1 do
			for x = source_pos2.x, source_pos1.x, -1 do
				local source = Vector3.new(x, y, z)
				local source_i = area_source:index(x, y, z)
				local target = source - offset
				local target_i = area_target:index(target.x, target.y, target.z)
				
				data_target[target_i] = data_source[source_i]
			end
		end
	end
	
	-- Save the modified nodes back to disk & return
	worldedit.manip_helpers.finish(manip_target, data_target)
	
	return true, worldedit.volume(target_pos1, target_pos2)
end