Various updates.

ChangeLog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2012/03/24:
+	* Modify available list to include both numeric and charname
+	  keys.
+	* Call this 0.5.
+
+2012/01/08:
+	* Fix handling of a second shard once you've already shown up
+	  on one.
+
 2012/01/07:
 	* Fix dependencies/embed so they actually work.
 	* 0.3

LibAccounts.lua

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ function Accounts.table_init()
   end
   if not LibAccountsGlobal.shards then
     LibAccountsGlobal.shards = {}
+  end
+  if not LibAccountsGlobal.shards[shard] then
     LibAccountsGlobal.shards[shard] = {
       chars = {},
       accounts = {},
@@ -94,10 +96,8 @@ end
 function Accounts.available_p(charname, acct_only)
   local availables = Accounts.available_chars(acct_only)
   charname = string.lower(charname)
-  for _, row in ipairs(availables) do
-    if string.lower(row.char) == charname then
-      return true
-    end
+  if availables[charname] then
+    return true
   end
   return false
 end
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ function Accounts.populate(availables, visited, acctid, acct_only)
   for char, faction in pairs(Accounts.here.accounts[acctid]) do
     factions[faction] = true
     table.insert(availables, { char = char, faction = faction, acctid = acctid })
+    availables[char] = { faction = faction, acctid = acctid }
   end
   if not acct_only then
     for other_acct, chars in pairs(Accounts.here.accounts) do

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION=0.3
+VERSION=0.5
 PACKAGE=LibAccounts
 EMBEDS=getopt
 

ReadMe.txt

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ The other useful function, of interest mostly to altoholics:
 
 This produces a table:
 	{ char = char, faction = faction, acctid = acctid }, ...
+	char = { faction, acctid }, ...
 
 of characters who are "available".  That's every character on this account,
 plus any characters on other accounts who are of the same faction as at
-least one character on this account, and so on recursively.
+least one character on this account, and so on recursively.  There's numeric
+keys for a complete list, or you can just index by a character.
 
 So if you have account #1:
 	Defiant1
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ Intentionally exposed API:
 		Yields { char, faction, acctid } tuples for this shard
 		which are on the current account or reachable from characters
 		on this account.  If acct_only is truthy, checks only
-		characters on this account.
+		characters on this account.  Also char = { faction, acctid }
+		tuples.
 	Library.LibAccounts.acct_of(char)
 		Returns the acctid, if any, that has the named
 		character (or player if char is nil)