sync with Context as of 2014-12-11

14 files changed, 679 insertions, 382 deletions

diff --git a/lualibs-boolean.lua b/lualibs-boolean.lua
index 8d11080..8f18d4c 100644
--- a/lualibs-boolean.lua
+++ b/lualibs-boolean.lua
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ function string.booleanstring(str)
     end
 end
 
-function string.is_boolean(str,default)
+function string.is_boolean(str,default,strict)
     if type(str) == "string" then
-        if str == "true" or str == "yes" or str == "on" or str == "t" or str == "1" then
+        if str == "true" or str == "yes" or str == "on" or str == "t" or (not strict and str == "1") then
             return true
-        elseif str == "false" or str == "no" or str == "off" or str == "f" or str == "0" then
+        elseif str == "false" or str == "no" or str == "off" or str == "f" or (not strict and str == "0") then
             return false
         end
     end
diff --git a/lualibs-dir.lua b/lualibs-dir.lua
index bcf28d0..c56af1b 100644
--- a/lualibs-dir.lua
+++ b/lualibs-dir.lua
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ end
 
 local function globpattern(path,patt,recurse,method)
     local kind = type(method)
-    if pattern and sub(patt,1,-3) == path then
+    if patt and sub(patt,1,-3) == path then
         patt = false
     end
     if kind == "function" then
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ end
 
 dir.collectpattern = collectpattern
 
-local separator
+local separator, pattern
 
 if onwindows then -- we could sanitize here
 
diff --git a/lualibs-file.lua b/lualibs-file.lua
index c05372a..2742e99 100644
--- a/lualibs-file.lua
+++ b/lualibs-file.lua
@@ -385,31 +385,90 @@ local deslasher = lpeg.replacer(S("\\/")^1,"/")
 -- then we still have to deal with urls ... anyhow, multiple // are never a real
 -- problem but just ugly.
 
-function file.join(...)
-    local lst = { ... }
-    local one = lst[1]
+-- function file.join(...)
+--     local lst = { ... }
+--     local one = lst[1]
+--     if lpegmatch(isnetwork,one) then
+--         local one = lpegmatch(reslasher,one)
+--         local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/",2))
+--         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
+--             return one .. two
+--         else
+--             return one .. "/" .. two
+--         end
+--     elseif lpegmatch(isroot,one) then
+--         local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/",2))
+--         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
+--             return two
+--         else
+--             return "/" .. two
+--         end
+--     elseif one == "" then
+--         return lpegmatch(stripper,concat(lst,"/",2))
+--     else
+--         return lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/"))
+--     end
+-- end
+
+function file.join(one, two, three, ...)
+    if not two then
+        return one == "" and one or lpegmatch(stripper,one)
+    end
+    if one == "" then
+        return lpegmatch(stripper,three and concat({ two, three, ... },"/") or two)
+    end
     if lpegmatch(isnetwork,one) then
         local one = lpegmatch(reslasher,one)
-        local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/",2))
+        local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,three and concat({ two, three, ... },"/") or two)
         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
             return one .. two
         else
             return one .. "/" .. two
         end
     elseif lpegmatch(isroot,one) then
-        local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/",2))
+        local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,three and concat({ two, three, ... },"/") or two)
         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
             return two
         else
             return "/" .. two
         end
-    elseif one == "" then
-        return lpegmatch(stripper,concat(lst,"/",2))
     else
-        return lpegmatch(deslasher,concat(lst,"/"))
+        return lpegmatch(deslasher,concat({  one, two, three, ... },"/"))
     end
 end
 
+-- or we can use this:
+--
+-- function file.join(...)
+--     local n = select("#",...)
+--     local one = select(1,...)
+--     if n == 1 then
+--         return one == "" and one or lpegmatch(stripper,one)
+--     end
+--     if one == "" then
+--         return lpegmatch(stripper,n > 2 and concat({ ... },"/",2) or select(2,...))
+--     end
+--     if lpegmatch(isnetwork,one) then
+--         local one = lpegmatch(reslasher,one)
+--         local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,n > 2 and concat({ ... },"/",2) or select(2,...))
+--         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
+--             return one .. two
+--         else
+--             return one .. "/" .. two
+--         end
+--     elseif lpegmatch(isroot,one) then
+--         local two = lpegmatch(deslasher,n > 2 and concat({ ... },"/",2) or select(2,...))
+--         if lpegmatch(hasroot,two) then
+--             return two
+--         else
+--             return "/" .. two
+--         end
+--     else
+--         return lpegmatch(deslasher,concat({ ... },"/"))
+--     end
+-- end
+
+-- print(file.join("c:/whatever"))
 -- print(file.join("c:/whatever","name"))
 -- print(file.join("//","/y"))
 -- print(file.join("/","/y"))
diff --git a/lualibs-lpeg.lua b/lualibs-lpeg.lua
index f3fd28b..192e32f 100644
--- a/lualibs-lpeg.lua
+++ b/lualibs-lpeg.lua
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ patterns.utfbom_8      = utfbom_8
 patterns.utf_16_be_nl  = P("\000\r\000\n") + P("\000\r") + P("\000\n") -- P("\000\r") * (P("\000\n") + P(true)) + P("\000\n")
 patterns.utf_16_le_nl  = P("\r\000\n\000") + P("\r\000") + P("\n\000") -- P("\r\000") * (P("\n\000") + P(true)) + P("\n\000")
 
+patterns.utf_32_be_nl  = P("\000\000\000\r\000\000\000\n") + P("\000\000\000\r") + P("\000\000\000\n")
+patterns.utf_32_le_nl  = P("\r\000\000\000\n\000\000\000") + P("\r\000\000\000") + P("\n\000\000\000")
+
 patterns.utf8one       = R("\000\127")
 patterns.utf8two       = R("\194\223") * utf8next
 patterns.utf8three     = R("\224\239") * utf8next * utf8next
@@ -183,10 +186,26 @@ local fullstripper     = whitespace^0 * C((whitespace^0 * nonwhitespace^1)^0)
 ----- collapser        = Cs(spacer^0/"" * ((spacer^1 * endofstring / "") + (spacer^1/" ") + P(1))^0)
 local collapser        = Cs(spacer^0/"" * nonspacer^0 * ((spacer^0/" " * nonspacer^1)^0))
 
+local b_collapser      = Cs( whitespace^0        /"" * (nonwhitespace^1 + whitespace^1/" ")^0)
+local e_collapser      = Cs((whitespace^1 * P(-1)/"" +  nonwhitespace^1 + whitespace^1/" ")^0)
+local m_collapser      = Cs(                           (nonwhitespace^1 + whitespace^1/" ")^0)
+
+local b_stripper      = Cs( spacer^0        /"" * (nonspacer^1 + spacer^1/" ")^0)
+local e_stripper      = Cs((spacer^1 * P(-1)/"" +  nonspacer^1 + spacer^1/" ")^0)
+local m_stripper      = Cs(                       (nonspacer^1 + spacer^1/" ")^0)
+
 patterns.stripper      = stripper
 patterns.fullstripper  = fullstripper
 patterns.collapser     = collapser
 
+patterns.b_collapser   = b_collapser
+patterns.m_collapser   = m_collapser
+patterns.e_collapser   = e_collapser
+
+patterns.b_stripper    = b_stripper
+patterns.m_stripper    = m_stripper
+patterns.e_stripper    = e_stripper
+
 patterns.lowercase     = lowercase
 patterns.uppercase     = uppercase
 patterns.letter        = patterns.lowercase + patterns.uppercase
@@ -1014,3 +1033,75 @@ lpeg.patterns.stripzeros = stripper
 -- lpegmatch(stripper,str)
 -- print(#str, os.clock()-ts, lpegmatch(stripper,sample))
 
+-- for practical reasone we keep this here:
+
+local byte_to_HEX = { }
+local byte_to_hex = { }
+local byte_to_dec = { } -- for md5
+local hex_to_byte = { }
+
+for i=0,255 do
+    local H = format("%02X",i)
+    local h = format("%02x",i)
+    local d = format("%03i",i)
+    local c = char(i)
+    byte_to_HEX[c] = H
+    byte_to_hex[c] = h
+    byte_to_dec[c] = d
+    hex_to_byte[h] = c
+    hex_to_byte[H] = c
+end
+
+local hextobyte  = P(2)/hex_to_byte
+local bytetoHEX  = P(1)/byte_to_HEX
+local bytetohex  = P(1)/byte_to_hex
+local bytetodec  = P(1)/byte_to_dec
+local hextobytes = Cs(hextobyte^0)
+local bytestoHEX = Cs(bytetoHEX^0)
+local bytestohex = Cs(bytetohex^0)
+local bytestodec = Cs(bytetodec^0)
+
+patterns.hextobyte  = hextobyte
+patterns.bytetoHEX  = bytetoHEX
+patterns.bytetohex  = bytetohex
+patterns.bytetodec  = bytetodec
+patterns.hextobytes = hextobytes
+patterns.bytestoHEX = bytestoHEX
+patterns.bytestohex = bytestohex
+patterns.bytestodec = bytestodec
+
+function string.toHEX(s)
+    if not s or s == "" then
+        return s
+    else
+        return lpegmatch(bytestoHEX,s)
+    end
+end
+
+function string.tohex(s)
+    if not s or s == "" then
+        return s
+    else
+        return lpegmatch(bytestohex,s)
+    end
+end
+
+function string.todec(s)
+    if not s or s == "" then
+        return s
+    else
+        return lpegmatch(bytestodec,s)
+    end
+end
+
+function string.tobytes(s)
+    if not s or s == "" then
+        return s
+    else
+        return lpegmatch(hextobytes,s)
+    end
+end
+
+-- local h = "ADFE0345"
+-- local b = lpegmatch(patterns.hextobytes,h)
+-- print(h,b,string.tohex(b),string.toHEX(b))
diff --git a/lualibs-md5.lua b/lualibs-md5.lua
index 8ac20a5..00272c8 100644
--- a/lualibs-md5.lua
+++ b/lualibs-md5.lua
@@ -19,48 +19,38 @@ if not md5 then
 end
 
 local md5, file = md5, file
-local gsub, format, byte = string.gsub, string.format, string.byte
-local md5sum = md5.sum
+local gsub = string.gsub
 
-local function convert(str,fmt)
-    return (gsub(md5sum(str),".",function(chr) return format(fmt,byte(chr)) end))
-end
-
-if not md5.HEX then function md5.HEX(str) return convert(str,"%02X") end end
-if not md5.hex then function md5.hex(str) return convert(str,"%02x") end end
-if not md5.dec then function md5.dec(str) return convert(str,"%03i") end end
-
--- local P, Cs, lpegmatch = lpeg.P, lpeg.Cs,lpeg.match
---
--- if not md5.HEX then
---     local function remap(chr) return format("%02X",byte(chr)) end
---     function md5.HEX(str) return (gsub(md5.sum(str),".",remap)) end
--- end
+-- local gsub, format, byte = string.gsub, string.format, string.byte
 --
--- if not md5.hex then
---     local function remap(chr) return format("%02x",byte(chr)) end
---     function md5.hex(str) return (gsub(md5.sum(str),".",remap)) end
+-- local function convert(str,fmt)
+--     return (gsub(md5sum(str),".",function(chr) return format(fmt,byte(chr)) end))
 -- end
 --
--- if not md5.dec then
---     local function remap(chr) return format("%03i",byte(chr)) end
---     function md5.dec(str) return (gsub(md5.sum(str),".",remap)) end
--- end
+-- if not md5.HEX then function md5.HEX(str) return convert(str,"%02X") end end
+-- if not md5.hex then function md5.hex(str) return convert(str,"%02x") end end
+-- if not md5.dec then function md5.dec(str) return convert(str,"%03i") end end
 
--- if not md5.HEX then
---     local pattern_HEX = Cs( ( P(1) / function(chr) return format("%02X",byte(chr)) end)^0 )
---     function md5.HEX(str) return lpegmatch(pattern_HEX,md5.sum(str)) end
--- end
---
--- if not md5.hex then
---     local pattern_hex = Cs( ( P(1) / function(chr) return format("%02x",byte(chr)) end)^0 )
---     function md5.hex(str) return lpegmatch(pattern_hex,md5.sum(str)) end
--- end
---
--- if not md5.dec then
---     local pattern_dec = Cs( ( P(1) / function(chr) return format("%02i",byte(chr)) end)^0 )
---     function md5.dec(str) return lpegmatch(pattern_dec,md5.sum(str)) end
--- end
+do
+
+    local patterns = lpeg and lpeg.patterns
+
+    if patterns then
+
+        local bytestoHEX = patterns.bytestoHEX
+        local bytestohex = patterns.bytestohex
+        local bytestodec = patterns.bytestodec
+
+        local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
+        local md5sum    = md5.sum
+
+        if not md5.HEX then function md5.HEX(str) if str then return lpegmatch(bytestoHEX,md5sum(str)) end end end
+        if not md5.hex then function md5.hex(str) if str then return lpegmatch(bytestohex,md5sum(str)) end end end
+        if not md5.dec then function md5.dec(str) if str then return lpegmatch(bytestodec,md5sum(str)) end end end
+
+    end
+
+end
 
 function file.needsupdating(oldname,newname,threshold) -- size modification access change
     local oldtime = lfs.attributes(oldname,"modification")
diff --git a/lualibs-string.lua b/lualibs-string.lua
index 3b1a000..70c66f6 100644
--- a/lualibs-string.lua
+++ b/lualibs-string.lua
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ end
 --     return not find(str,"%S")
 -- end
 
-local pattern = P(" ")^0 * P(-1)
+local pattern = P(" ")^0 * P(-1) -- maybe also newlines
 
 -- patterns.onlyspaces = pattern
 
diff --git a/lualibs-table.lua b/lualibs-table.lua
index e642106..3eb8b85 100644
--- a/lualibs-table.lua
+++ b/lualibs-table.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ local function compare(a,b)
     if ta == tb then
         return a < b
     else
-        return tostring(a) < tostring(b)
+        return tostring(a) < tostring(b) -- not that efficient
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/lualibs-unicode.lua b/lualibs-unicode.lua
index fb4ea37..02dd1a0 100644
--- a/lualibs-unicode.lua
+++ b/lualibs-unicode.lua
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ local p_utfbom        = patterns.utfbom
 local p_newline       = patterns.newline
 local p_whitespace    = patterns.whitespace
 
-
 if not unicode then
 
     unicode = { utf = utf } -- for a while
@@ -525,23 +524,59 @@ end
 --     end, pattern
 -- end
 
-function utf.remapper(mapping)
-    local pattern = type(mapping) == "table" and tabletopattern(mapping) or p_utf8char
-    local pattern = Cs((pattern/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
-    return function(str)
-        if not str or str == "" then
-            return ""
+function utf.remapper(mapping,option) -- static also returns a pattern
+    local variant = type(mapping)
+    if variant == "table" then
+        if option == "dynamic" then
+            local pattern = false
+            table.setmetatablenewindex(mapping,function(t,k,v) rawset(t,k,v) pattern = false end)
+            return function(str)
+                if not str or str == "" then
+                    return ""
+                else
+                    if not pattern then
+                        pattern = Cs((tabletopattern(mapping)/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
+                    end
+                    return lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+                end
+            end
+        elseif option == "pattern" then
+            return Cs((tabletopattern(mapping)/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
+     -- elseif option == "static" then
+        else
+            local pattern = Cs((tabletopattern(mapping)/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
+            return function(str)
+                if not str or str == "" then
+                    return ""
+                else
+                    return lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+                end
+            end, pattern
+        end
+    elseif variant == "function" then
+        if option == "pattern" then
+            return Cs((p_utf8char/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
         else
-            return lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+            local pattern = Cs((p_utf8char/mapping + p_utf8char)^0)
+            return function(str)
+                if not str or str == "" then
+                    return ""
+                else
+                    return lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+                end
+            end, pattern
         end
-    end, pattern
+    else
+        -- is actually an error
+        return function(str)
+            return str or ""
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 -- local remap = utf.remapper { a = 'd', b = "c", c = "b", d = "a" }
 -- print(remap("abcd 1234 abcd"))
 
---
-
 function utf.replacer(t) -- no precheck, always string builder
     local r = replacer(t,false,false,true)
     return function(str)
@@ -647,285 +682,359 @@ end
 local utf16_to_utf8_be, utf16_to_utf8_le
 local utf32_to_utf8_be, utf32_to_utf8_le
 
-local utf_16_be_linesplitter = patterns.utfbom_16_be^-1 * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_16_be_nl)
-local utf_16_le_linesplitter = patterns.utfbom_16_le^-1 * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_16_le_nl)
+local utf_16_be_getbom = patterns.utfbom_16_be^-1
+local utf_16_le_getbom = patterns.utfbom_16_le^-1
+local utf_32_be_getbom = patterns.utfbom_32_be^-1
+local utf_32_le_getbom = patterns.utfbom_32_le^-1
+
+local utf_16_be_linesplitter = utf_16_be_getbom * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_16_be_nl)
+local utf_16_le_linesplitter = utf_16_le_getbom * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_16_le_nl)
+local utf_32_be_linesplitter = utf_32_be_getbom * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_32_be_nl)
+local utf_32_le_linesplitter = utf_32_le_getbom * lpeg.tsplitat(patterns.utf_32_le_nl)
+
+-- we have three possibilities: bytepairs (using tables), gmatch (using tables), gsub and
+-- lpeg. Bytepairs are the fastert but as soon as we need to remove bombs and so the gain
+-- is less due to more testing. Also, we seldom have to convert utf16 so we don't care to
+-- much about a few  milliseconds more runtime. The lpeg variant is upto 20% slower but
+-- still pretty fast.
+--
+-- for historic resone we keep the bytepairs variants around .. beware they don't grab the
+-- bom like the lpegs do so they're not dropins in the functions that follow
+--
+-- utf16_to_utf8_be = function(s)
+--     if not s then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif s == "" then
+--         return ""
+--     end
+--     local result, r, more = { }, 0, 0
+--     for left, right in bytepairs(s) do
+--         if right then
+--             local now = 256*left + right
+--             if more > 0 then
+--                 now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+--                 more = 0
+--                 r = r + 1
+--                 result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--             elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+--                 more = now
+--             else
+--                 r = r + 1
+--                 result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--             end
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(result)
+-- end
+--
+-- local utf16_to_utf8_be_t = function(t)
+--     if not t then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif type(t) == "string" then
+--         t = lpegmatch(utf_16_be_linesplitter,t)
+--     end
+--     local result = { } -- we reuse result
+--     for i=1,#t do
+--         local s = t[i]
+--         if s ~= "" then
+--             local r, more = 0, 0
+--             for left, right in bytepairs(s) do
+--                 if right then
+--                     local now = 256*left + right
+--                     if more > 0 then
+--                         now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+--                         more = 0
+--                         r = r + 1
+--                         result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--                     elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+--                         more = now
+--                     else
+--                         r = r + 1
+--                         result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--                     end
+--                 end
+--             end
+--             t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return t
+-- end
+--
+-- utf16_to_utf8_le = function(s)
+--     if not s then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif s == "" then
+--         return ""
+--     end
+--     local result, r, more = { }, 0, 0
+--     for left, right in bytepairs(s) do
+--         if right then
+--             local now = 256*right + left
+--             if more > 0 then
+--                 now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+--                 more = 0
+--                 r = r + 1
+--                 result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--             elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+--                 more = now
+--             else
+--                 r = r + 1
+--                 result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--             end
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(result)
+-- end
+--
+-- local utf16_to_utf8_le_t = function(t)
+--     if not t then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif type(t) == "string" then
+--         t = lpegmatch(utf_16_le_linesplitter,t)
+--     end
+--     local result = { } -- we reuse result
+--     for i=1,#t do
+--         local s = t[i]
+--         if s ~= "" then
+--             local r, more = 0, 0
+--             for left, right in bytepairs(s) do
+--                 if right then
+--                     local now = 256*right + left
+--                     if more > 0 then
+--                         now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+--                         more = 0
+--                         r = r + 1
+--                         result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--                     elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+--                         more = now
+--                     else
+--                         r = r + 1
+--                         result[r] = utfchar(now)
+--                     end
+--                 end
+--             end
+--             t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return t
+-- end
+--
+-- local utf32_to_utf8_be_t = function(t)
+--     if not t then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif type(t) == "string" then
+--         t = lpegmatch(utflinesplitter,t)
+--     end
+--     local result = { } -- we reuse result
+--     for i=1,#t do
+--         local r, more = 0, -1
+--         for a,b in bytepairs(t[i]) do
+--             if a and b then
+--                 if more < 0 then
+--                     more = 256*256*256*a + 256*256*b
+--                 else
+--                     r = r + 1
+--                     result[t] = utfchar(more + 256*a + b)
+--                     more = -1
+--                 end
+--             else
+--                 break
+--             end
+--         end
+--         t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r)
+--     end
+--     return t
+-- end
+--
+-- local utf32_to_utf8_le_t = function(t)
+--     if not t then
+--         return nil
+--     elseif type(t) == "string" then
+--         t = lpegmatch(utflinesplitter,t)
+--     end
+--     local result = { } -- we reuse result
+--     for i=1,#t do
+--         local r, more = 0, -1
+--         for a,b in bytepairs(t[i]) do
+--             if a and b then
+--                 if more < 0 then
+--                     more = 256*b + a
+--                 else
+--                     r = r + 1
+--                     result[t] = utfchar(more + 256*256*256*b + 256*256*a)
+--                     more = -1
+--                 end
+--             else
+--                 break
+--             end
+--         end
+--         t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r)
+--     end
+--     return t
+-- end
+
+local more = 0
+
+local p_utf16_to_utf8_be = C(1) * C(1) /function(left,right)
+    local now = 256*byte(left) + byte(right)
+    if more > 0 then
+        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+        more = 0
+        return utfchar(now)
+    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+        more = now
+        return "" -- else the c's end up in the stream
+    else
+        return utfchar(now)
+    end
+end
 
--- we have three possibilities:
+local p_utf16_to_utf8_le = C(1) * C(1) /function(right,left)
+    local now = 256*byte(left) + byte(right)
+    if more > 0 then
+        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
+        more = 0
+        return utfchar(now)
+    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
+        more = now
+        return "" -- else the c's end up in the stream
+    else
+        return utfchar(now)
+    end
+end
+local p_utf32_to_utf8_be = C(1) * C(1) * C(1) * C(1) /function(a,b,c,d)
+    return utfchar(256*256*256*byte(a) + 256*256*byte(b) + 256*byte(c) + byte(d))
+end
 
--- bytepairs: 0.048
--- gmatch   : 0.069
--- lpeg     : 0.089 (match time captures)
+local p_utf32_to_utf8_le = C(1) * C(1) * C(1) * C(1) /function(a,b,c,d)
+    return utfchar(256*256*256*byte(d) + 256*256*byte(c) + 256*byte(b) + byte(a))
+end
 
-if bytepairs then
+p_utf16_to_utf8_be = P(true) / function() more = 0 end * utf_16_be_getbom * Cs(p_utf16_to_utf8_be^0)
+p_utf16_to_utf8_le = P(true) / function() more = 0 end * utf_16_le_getbom * Cs(p_utf16_to_utf8_le^0)
+p_utf32_to_utf8_be = P(true) / function() more = 0 end * utf_32_be_getbom * Cs(p_utf32_to_utf8_be^0)
+p_utf32_to_utf8_le = P(true) / function() more = 0 end * utf_32_le_getbom * Cs(p_utf32_to_utf8_le^0)
 
-    -- with a little bit more code we could include the linesplitter
+patterns.utf16_to_utf8_be = p_utf16_to_utf8_be
+patterns.utf16_to_utf8_le = p_utf16_to_utf8_le
+patterns.utf32_to_utf8_be = p_utf32_to_utf8_be
+patterns.utf32_to_utf8_le = p_utf32_to_utf8_le
 
-    utf16_to_utf8_be = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utf_16_be_linesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, 0
-            for left, right in bytepairs(t[i]) do
-                if right then
-                    local now = 256*left + right
-                    if more > 0 then
-                        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-                        more = 0
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-                        more = now
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    end
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
-        end
-        return t
+utf16_to_utf8_be = function(s)
+    if s and s ~= "" then
+        return lpegmatch(p_utf16_to_utf8_be,s)
+    else
+        return s
     end
+end
 
-    utf16_to_utf8_le = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utf_16_le_linesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, 0
-            for left, right in bytepairs(t[i]) do
-                if right then
-                    local now = 256*right + left
-                    if more > 0 then
-                        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-                        more = 0
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-                        more = now
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    end
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
+local utf16_to_utf8_be_t = function(t)
+    if not t then
+        return nil
+    elseif type(t) == "string" then
+        t = lpegmatch(utf_16_be_linesplitter,t)
+    end
+    for i=1,#t do
+        local s = t[i]
+        if s ~= "" then
+            t[i] = lpegmatch(p_utf16_to_utf8_be,s)
         end
-        return t
     end
+    return t
+end
 
-    utf32_to_utf8_be = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utflinesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, -1
-            for a,b in bytepairs(t[i]) do
-                if a and b then
-                    if more < 0 then
-                        more = 256*256*256*a + 256*256*b
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[t] = utfchar(more + 256*a + b)
-                        more = -1
-                    end
-                else
-                    break
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r)
-        end
-        return t
+utf16_to_utf8_le = function(s)
+    if s and s ~= "" then
+        return lpegmatch(p_utf16_to_utf8_le,s)
+    else
+        return s
     end
+end
 
-    utf32_to_utf8_le = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utflinesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, -1
-            for a,b in bytepairs(t[i]) do
-                if a and b then
-                    if more < 0 then
-                        more = 256*b + a
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[t] = utfchar(more + 256*256*256*b + 256*256*a)
-                        more = -1
-                    end
-                else
-                    break
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r)
+local utf16_to_utf8_le_t = function(t)
+    if not t then
+        return nil
+    elseif type(t) == "string" then
+        t = lpegmatch(utf_16_le_linesplitter,t)
+    end
+    for i=1,#t do
+        local s = t[i]
+        if s ~= "" then
+            t[i] = lpegmatch(p_utf16_to_utf8_le,s)
         end
-        return t
     end
+    return t
+end
 
-else
-
-    utf16_to_utf8_be = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utf_16_be_linesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, 0
-            for left, right in gmatch(t[i],"(.)(.)") do
-                if left == "\000" then -- experiment
-                    r = r + 1
-                    result[r] = utfchar(byte(right))
-                elseif right then
-                    local now = 256*byte(left) + byte(right)
-                    if more > 0 then
-                        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-                        more = 0
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-                        more = now
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    end
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
-        end
-        return t
+utf32_to_utf8_be = function(s)
+    if s and s ~= "" then
+        return lpegmatch(p_utf32_to_utf8_be,s)
+    else
+        return s
     end
+end
 
-    utf16_to_utf8_le = function(t)
-        if type(t) == "string" then
-            t = lpegmatch(utf_16_le_linesplitter,t)
-        end
-        local result = { } -- we reuse result
-        for i=1,#t do
-            local r, more = 0, 0
-            for left, right in gmatch(t[i],"(.)(.)") do
-                if right == "\000" then
-                    r = r + 1
-                    result[r] = utfchar(byte(left))
-                elseif right then
-                    local now = 256*byte(right) + byte(left)
-                    if more > 0 then
-                        now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-                        more = 0
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-                        more = now
-                    else
-                        r = r + 1
-                        result[r] = utfchar(now)
-                    end
-                end
-            end
-            t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r) -- we reused tmp, hence t
+local utf32_to_utf8_be_t = function(t)
+    if not t then
+        return nil
+    elseif type(t) == "string" then
+        t = lpegmatch(utf_32_be_linesplitter,t)
+    end
+    for i=1,#t do
+        local s = t[i]
+        if s ~= "" then
+            t[i] = lpegmatch(p_utf32_to_utf8_be,s)
         end
-        return t
     end
+    return t
+end
 
-    utf32_to_utf8_le = function() return { } end -- never used anyway
-    utf32_to_utf8_be = function() return { } end -- never used anyway
-
-    -- the next one is slighty slower
-
-    -- local result, lines, r, more = { }, { }, 0, 0
-    --
-    -- local simple = Cmt(
-    --     C(1) * C(1), function(str,p,left,right)
-    --         local now = 256*byte(left) + byte(right)
-    --         if more > 0 then
-    --             now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-    --             more = 0
-    --             r = r + 1
-    --             result[r] = utfchar(now)
-    --         elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-    --             more = now
-    --         else
-    --             r = r + 1
-    --             result[r] = utfchar(now)
-    --         end
-    --         return p
-    --    end
-    -- )
-    --
-    -- local complex = Cmt(
-    --     C(1) * C(1), function(str,p,left,right)
-    --         local now = 256*byte(left) + byte(right)
-    --         if more > 0 then
-    --             now = (more-0xD800)*0x400 + (now-0xDC00) + 0x10000 -- the 0x10000 smells wrong
-    --             more = 0
-    --             r = r + 1
-    --             result[r] = utfchar(now)
-    --         elseif now >= 0xD800 and now <= 0xDBFF then
-    --             more = now
-    --         else
-    --             r = r + 1
-    --             result[r] = utfchar(now)
-    --         end
-    --         return p
-    --    end
-    -- )
-    --
-    -- local lineend = Cmt (
-    --     patterns.utf_16_be_nl, function(str,p)
-    --         lines[#lines+1] = concat(result,"",1,r)
-    --         r, more = 0, 0
-    --         return p
-    --     end
-    -- )
-    --
-    -- local be_1 = patterns.utfbom_16_be^-1 * (simple + complex)^0
-    -- local be_2 = patterns.utfbom_16_be^-1 * (lineend + simple + complex)^0
-    --
-    -- utf16_to_utf8_be = function(t)
-    --     if type(t) == "string" then
-    --         local s = t
-    --         lines, r, more = { }, 0, 0
-    --         lpegmatch(be_2,s)
-    --         if r > 0 then
-    --             lines[#lines+1] = concat(result,"",1,r)
-    --         end
-    --         result = { }
-    --         return lines
-    --     else
-    --         for i=1,#t do
-    --             r, more = 0, 0
-    --             lpegmatch(be_1,t[i])
-    --             t[i] = concat(result,"",1,r)
-    --         end
-    --         result = { }
-    --         return t
-    --     end
-    -- end
+utf32_to_utf8_le = function(s)
+    if s and s ~= "" then
+        return lpegmatch(p_utf32_to_utf8_le,s)
+    else
+        return s
+    end
+end
 
+local utf32_to_utf8_le_t = function(t)
+    if not t then
+        return nil
+    elseif type(t) == "string" then
+        t = lpegmatch(utf_32_le_linesplitter,t)
+    end
+    for i=1,#t do
+        local s = t[i]
+        if s ~= "" then
+            t[i] = lpegmatch(p_utf32_to_utf8_le,s)
+        end
+    end
+    return t
 end
 
-utf.utf16_to_utf8_le = utf16_to_utf8_le
-utf.utf16_to_utf8_be = utf16_to_utf8_be
-utf.utf32_to_utf8_le = utf32_to_utf8_le
-utf.utf32_to_utf8_be = utf32_to_utf8_be
+utf.utf16_to_utf8_le_t = utf16_to_utf8_le_t
+utf.utf16_to_utf8_be_t = utf16_to_utf8_be_t
+utf.utf32_to_utf8_le_t = utf32_to_utf8_le_t
+utf.utf32_to_utf8_be_t = utf32_to_utf8_be_t
 
-function utf.utf8_to_utf8(t)
+utf.utf16_to_utf8_le   = utf16_to_utf8_le
+utf.utf16_to_utf8_be   = utf16_to_utf8_be
+utf.utf32_to_utf8_le   = utf32_to_utf8_le
+utf.utf32_to_utf8_be   = utf32_to_utf8_be
+
+function utf.utf8_to_utf8_t(t)
     return type(t) == "string" and lpegmatch(utflinesplitter,t) or t
 end
 
-function utf.utf16_to_utf8(t,endian)
-    return endian and utf16_to_utf8_be(t) or utf16_to_utf8_le(t) or t
+function utf.utf16_to_utf8_t(t,endian)
+    return endian and utf16_to_utf8_be_t(t) or utf16_to_utf8_le_t(t) or t
 end
 
-function utf.utf32_to_utf8(t,endian)
-    return endian and utf32_to_utf8_be(t) or utf32_to_utf8_le(t) or t
+function utf.utf32_to_utf8_t(t,endian)
+    return endian and utf32_to_utf8_be_t(t) or utf32_to_utf8_le_t(t) or t
 end
 
-local function little(c)
-    local b = byte(c)
+local function little(b)
     if b < 0x10000 then
         return char(b%256,b/256)
     else
@@ -935,8 +1044,7 @@ local function little(c)
     end
 end
 
-local function big(c)
-    local b = byte(c)
+local function big(b)
     if b < 0x10000 then
         return char(b/256,b%256)
     else
@@ -946,18 +1054,10 @@ local function big(c)
     end
 end
 
--- function utf.utf8_to_utf16(str,littleendian)
---     if littleendian then
---         return char(255,254) .. utfgsub(str,".",little)
---     else
---         return char(254,255) .. utfgsub(str,".",big)
---     end
--- end
-
-local _, l_remap = utf.remapper(little)
-local _, b_remap = utf.remapper(big)
+local l_remap = Cs((p_utf8byte/little+P(1)/"")^0)
+local b_remap = Cs((p_utf8byte/big   +P(1)/"")^0)
 
-function utf.utf8_to_utf16_be(str,nobom)
+local function utf8_to_utf16_be(str,nobom)
     if nobom then
         return lpegmatch(b_remap,str)
     else
@@ -965,7 +1065,7 @@ function utf.utf8_to_utf16_be(str,nobom)
     end
 end
 
-function utf.utf8_to_utf16_le(str,nobom)
+local function utf8_to_utf16_le(str,nobom)
     if nobom then
         return lpegmatch(l_remap,str)
     else
@@ -973,11 +1073,14 @@ function utf.utf8_to_utf16_le(str,nobom)
     end
 end
 
+utf.utf8_to_utf16_be = utf8_to_utf16_be
+utf.utf8_to_utf16_le = utf8_to_utf16_le
+
 function utf.utf8_to_utf16(str,littleendian,nobom)
     if littleendian then
-        return utf.utf8_to_utf16_le(str,nobom)
+        return utf8_to_utf16_le(str,nobom)
     else
-        return utf.utf8_to_utf16_be(str,nobom)
+        return utf8_to_utf16_be(str,nobom)
     end
 end
 
@@ -1008,16 +1111,16 @@ function utf.xstring(s)
 end
 
 function utf.toeight(str)
-    if not str then
+    if not str or str == "" then
         return nil
     end
     local utftype = lpegmatch(p_utfstricttype,str)
     if utftype == "utf-8" then
-        return sub(str,4)
-    elseif utftype == "utf-16-le" then
-        return utf16_to_utf8_le(str)
+        return sub(str,4)               -- remove the bom
     elseif utftype == "utf-16-be" then
-        return utf16_to_utf8_ne(str)
+        return utf16_to_utf8_be(str)    -- bom gets removed
+    elseif utftype == "utf-16-le" then
+        return utf16_to_utf8_le(str)    -- bom gets removed
     else
         return str
     end
diff --git a/lualibs-url.lua b/lualibs-url.lua
index 7bb7312..b189ec5 100644
--- a/lualibs-url.lua
+++ b/lualibs-url.lua
@@ -145,19 +145,25 @@ local splitquery = Cf ( Ct("") * P { "sequence",
 -- hasher
 
 local function hashed(str) -- not yet ok (/test?test)
-    if str == "" then
+    if not str or str == "" then
         return {
             scheme   = "invalid",
             original = str,
         }
     end
-    local s = split(str)
-    local rawscheme  = s[1]
-    local rawquery   = s[4]
-    local somescheme = rawscheme ~= ""
-    local somequery  = rawquery  ~= ""
+    local detailed   = split(str)
+    local rawscheme  = ""
+    local rawquery   = ""
+    local somescheme = false
+    local somequery  = false
+    if detailed then
+        rawscheme  = detailed[1]
+        rawquery   = detailed[4]
+        somescheme = rawscheme ~= ""
+        somequery  = rawquery  ~= ""
+    end
     if not somescheme and not somequery then
-        s = {
+        return {
             scheme    = "file",
             authority = "",
             path      = str,
@@ -167,30 +173,33 @@ local function hashed(str) -- not yet ok (/test?test)
             noscheme  = true,
             filename  = str,
         }
-    else -- not always a filename but handy anyway
-        local authority, path, filename = s[2], s[3]
-        if authority == "" then
-            filename = path
-        elseif path == "" then
-            filename = ""
-        else
-            filename = authority .. "/" .. path
-        end
-        s = {
-            scheme    = rawscheme,
-            authority = authority,
-            path      = path,
-            query     = lpegmatch(unescaper,rawquery),  -- unescaped, but possible conflict with & and =
-            queries   = lpegmatch(splitquery,rawquery), -- split first and then unescaped
-            fragment  = s[5],
-            original  = str,
-            noscheme  = false,
-            filename  = filename,
-        }
     end
-    return s
+    -- not always a filename but handy anyway
+    local authority = detailed[2]
+    local path      = detailed[3]
+    local filename  = nil
+    if authority == "" then
+        filename = path
+    elseif path == "" then
+        filename = ""
+    else
+        filename = authority .. "/" .. path
+    end
+    return {
+        scheme    = rawscheme,
+        authority = authority,
+        path      = path,
+        query     = lpegmatch(unescaper,rawquery),  -- unescaped, but possible conflict with & and =
+        queries   = lpegmatch(splitquery,rawquery), -- split first and then unescaped
+        fragment  = detailed[5],
+        original  = str,
+        noscheme  = false,
+        filename  = filename,
+    }
 end
 
+-- inspect(hashed())
+-- inspect(hashed(""))
 -- inspect(hashed("template:///test"))
 -- inspect(hashed("template:///test++.whatever"))
 -- inspect(hashed("template:///test%2B%2B.whatever"))
@@ -247,7 +256,7 @@ function url.construct(hash) -- dodo: we need to escape !
     return lpegmatch(escaper,concat(fullurl))
 end
 
-local pattern = Cs(noslash * R("az","AZ") * (S(":|")/":") * noslash * P(1)^0)
+local pattern = Cs(slash^-1/"" * R("az","AZ") * ((S(":|")/":") + P(":")) * slash * P(1)^0)
 
 function url.filename(filename)
     local spec = hashed(filename)
@@ -257,6 +266,7 @@ end
 
 -- print(url.filename("/c|/test"))
 -- print(url.filename("/c/test"))
+-- print(url.filename("file:///t:/sources/cow.svg"))
 
 local function escapestring(str)
     return lpegmatch(escaper,str)
diff --git a/lualibs-util-prs.lua b/lualibs-util-prs.lua
index f51f6fc..642968c 100644
--- a/lualibs-util-prs.lua
+++ b/lualibs-util-prs.lua
@@ -275,15 +275,25 @@ function parsers.array_to_string(a,separator)
     end
 end
 
-function parsers.settings_to_set(str,t) -- tohash? -- todo: lpeg -- duplicate anyway
-    t = t or { }
---  for s in gmatch(str,"%s*([^, ]+)") do -- space added
-    for s in gmatch(str,"[^, ]+") do -- space added
-        t[s] = true
-    end
-    return t
+-- function parsers.settings_to_set(str,t) -- tohash? -- todo: lpeg -- duplicate anyway
+--     if str then
+--         t = t or { }
+--         for s in gmatch(str,"[^, ]+") do -- space added
+--             t[s] = true
+--         end
+--         return t
+--     else
+--         return { }
+--     end
+-- end
+
+local pattern = Cf(Ct("") * Cg(C((1-S(", "))^1) * S(", ")^0 * Cc(true))^1,rawset)
+
+function utilities.parsers.settings_to_set(str,t)
+    return str and lpegmatch(pattern,str) or { }
 end
 
+
 function parsers.simple_hash_to_string(h, separator)
     local t, tn = { }, 0
     for k, v in sortedhash(h) do
diff --git a/lualibs-util-sta.lua b/lualibs-util-sta.lua
index 1a61ec4..27ab5a6 100644
--- a/lualibs-util-sta.lua
+++ b/lualibs-util-sta.lua
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ end
 
 function stacker.new(name)
 
+    local report = logs.reporter("stacker",name or nil)
+
     local s
 
     local stack = { }
@@ -126,8 +128,18 @@ function stacker.new(name)
         end
     end
 
-    local tops = { }
-    local top, switch
+    local tops   = { }
+    local top    = nil
+    local switch = nil
+
+    local function resolve_reset(mode)
+        if #tops > 0 then
+            report("resetting %s left-over states of %a",#tops,name)
+        end
+        tops   = { }
+        top    = nil
+        switch = nil
+    end
 
     local function resolve_begin(mode)
         if mode then
@@ -206,8 +218,7 @@ function stacker.new(name)
 
     local function resolve_end()
      -- resolve_step(s.unset)
-        local noftop = #top
-        if noftop > 0 then
+        if #tops > 0 then -- was #top brrr
             local result = s.stop(s,top,1,#top)
             remove(tops)
             top = tops[#tops]
@@ -224,8 +235,6 @@ function stacker.new(name)
         resolve_end()
     end
 
-    local report = logs.reporter("stacker",name or nil)
-
     s = {
         name          = name or "unknown",
         unset         = -1,
@@ -240,6 +249,7 @@ function stacker.new(name)
         resolve_begin = resolve_begin,
         resolve_step  = resolve_step,
         resolve_end   = resolve_end,
+        resolve_reset = resolve_reset,
     }
 
     return s -- we can overload functions
diff --git a/lualibs-util-str.lua b/lualibs-util-str.lua
index 2739a20..a040b01 100644
--- a/lualibs-util-str.lua
+++ b/lualibs-util-str.lua
@@ -219,10 +219,12 @@ local striplinepatterns = {
     ["collapse"]            = patterns.collapser, -- how about: stripper fullstripper
 }
 
+setmetatable(striplinepatterns,{ __index = function(t,k) return p_prune_collapse end })
+
 strings.striplinepatterns = striplinepatterns
 
 function strings.striplines(str,how)
-    return str and lpegmatch(how and striplinepatterns[how] or p_prune_collapse,str) or str
+    return str and lpegmatch(striplinepatterns[how],str) or str
 end
 
 -- also see: string.collapsespaces
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ end
 -- We could probably use just %s with integers but who knows what Lua 5.3 will do? So let's
 -- for the moment use %i.
 
-local format_F = function() -- beware, no cast to number
+local format_F = function(f) -- beware, no cast to number
     n = n + 1
     if not f or f == "" then
         return format("(((a%s > -0.0000000005 and a%s < 0.0000000005) and '0') or format((a%s %% 1 == 0) and '%%i' or '%%.9f',a%s))",n,n,n,n)
@@ -842,7 +844,7 @@ local builder = Cs { "start",
               + V("m") + V("M") -- new
               + V("z") -- new
               --
-              + V("*") -- ignores probably messed up %
+           -- + V("?") -- ignores probably messed up %
             )
           + V("*")
         )
@@ -897,6 +899,7 @@ local builder = Cs { "start",
     ["A"] = (prefix_any * P("A")) / format_A, -- %A => "..." (forces tostring)
     --
     ["*"] = Cs(((1-P("%"))^1 + P("%%")/"%%")^1) / format_rest, -- rest (including %%)
+    ["?"] = Cs(((1-P("%"))^1               )^1) / format_rest, -- rest (including %%)
     --
     ["!"] = Carg(2) * prefix_any * P("!") * C((1-P("!"))^1) * P("!") / format_extension,
 }
diff --git a/lualibs-util-tab.lua b/lualibs-util-tab.lua
index f9e9b31..077c906 100644
--- a/lualibs-util-tab.lua
+++ b/lualibs-util-tab.lua
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ function tables.removevalue(t,value) -- todo: n
     end
 end
 
+function tables.replacevalue(t,oldvalue,newvalue)
+    if oldvalue and newvalue then
+        for i=1,#t do
+            if t[i] == oldvalue then
+                t[i] = newvalue
+                -- replace all, so no: return
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 function tables.insertbeforevalue(t,value,extra)
     for i=1,#t do
         if t[i] == extra then
diff --git a/lualibs-util-tpl.lua b/lualibs-util-tpl.lua
index 67d0582..bd0e261 100644
--- a/lualibs-util-tpl.lua
+++ b/lualibs-util-tpl.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ local sqlescape = lpeg.replacer {
  -- { "\t",   "\\t"  },
 }
 
-local sqlquoted = lpeg.Cs(lpeg.Cc("'") * sqlescape * lpeg.Cc("'"))
+local sqlquoted = Cs(Cc("'") * sqlescape * Cc("'"))
 
 lpegpatterns.sqlescape = sqlescape
 lpegpatterns.sqlquoted = sqlquoted
@@ -111,13 +111,21 @@ local luaescaper       = escapers.lua
 local quotedluaescaper = quotedescapers.lua
 
 local function replacekeyunquoted(s,t,how,recurse) -- ".. \" "
-    local escaper = how and escapers[how] or luaescaper
-    return escaper(replacekey(s,t,how,recurse))
+    if how == false then
+        return replacekey(s,t,how,recurse)
+    else
+        local escaper = how and escapers[how] or luaescaper
+        return escaper(replacekey(s,t,how,recurse))
+    end
 end
 
 local function replacekeyquoted(s,t,how,recurse) -- ".. \" "
-    local escaper = how and quotedescapers[how] or quotedluaescaper
-    return escaper(replacekey(s,t,how,recurse))
+    if how == false then
+        return replacekey(s,t,how,recurse)
+    else
+        local escaper = how and quotedescapers[how] or quotedluaescaper
+        return escaper(replacekey(s,t,how,recurse))
+    end
 end
 
 local single      = P("%")  -- test %test% test     : resolves test
@@ -188,3 +196,5 @@ end
 
 -- inspect(utilities.templates.replace("test %one% test", { one = "%two%", two = "two" }))
 -- inspect(utilities.templates.resolve({ one = "%two%", two = "two", three = "%three%" }))
+-- inspect(utilities.templates.replace("test %one% test", { one = "%two%", two = "two" },false,true))
+-- inspect(utilities.templates.replace("test %one% test", { one = "%two%", two = "two" },false))