commit b584fe0ba6c10f9ba1916f036aa1b690843e4636
Author: Sovereignty <sovereignty@noreply.learninglua.com>
Date:   Tue Nov 19 17:08:28 2024 +0000

    Computed Variables as seen in Weaver / Vue.js / Svelte / React
    
    Untested, though in theory should work without issue.
    
    The syntax / api is as should be and will not change in future additions/improvements.

diff --git a/ModuleScripts/Computed.lua b/ModuleScripts/Computed.lua
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+++ b/ModuleScripts/Computed.lua
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+local module = {}
+
+local FF_COMPUTED_CONSTRUCTION_CALLBACK = false
+local FF_COMPUTED_REFS = {}
+
+local refValuesById = {}
+
+function module.ref(value: any)
+    table.insert(refValuesById, { Value = value, OnSet = {} })
+    local id = #refValuesById
+
+    local ref = setmetatable({ 
+        Id = id, 
+        get = function(self)
+            if FF_COMPUTED_CONSTRUCTION_CALLBACK then 
+                table.insert(FF_COMPUTED_REFS, self.Id) 
+            end; 
+
+            return refValuesById[self.Id].Value; 
+        end,
+        set = function(self, value: any)
+            self.Value = value
+    
+            task.spawn(function()
+                local callbacks = refValuesById[self.Id].OnSet
+                for _, callback in callbacks do
+                    callback(value)
+                end
+            end)
+        end,
+    }, {})
+
+    return ref
+end
+
+local computedsById = {}
+
+function module.computed(computationCallback: () -> (any))
+    FF_COMPUTED_CONSTRUCTION_CALLBACK = true
+
+    table.insert(computedsById, { Value = computationCallback(), Callack = computationCallback, Refs = FF_COMPUTED_REFS, OnChange = {} })
+
+    local notifyChange = function(refId, compId)
+        return function()
+            local computedData: { Value: any, Callack: () -> any, OnChange: {  } } = computedsById[refId]
+            local newComputedValue = computedData.Callack()
+            computedsById[compId].Value = newComputedValue
+
+            for _, callback in computedData.OnChange do
+                callback(newComputedValue)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    local refs = FF_COMPUTED_REFS
+    if refs[1] then
+        for _, ref in refs do
+            table.insert(refValuesById[ref].OnSet, notifyChange(ref, #computedsById))
+        end
+    end
+
+    FF_COMPUTED_CONSTRUCTION_CALLBACK = false
+    FF_COMPUTED_REFS = {}
+
+    return setmetatable({ Value = computationCallback(), }, { Id = #computedsById, __index = function(self, key)
+        if key:upper() == "VALUE" then
+            return computedsById[#computedsById].Value
+        else
+            return rawget(self, key)
+        end
+    end})
+end
+
+function module.listenEvent(computed: typeof(setmetatable({ Id = 1}, {})), callback: (newValue: any) -> ())
+    table.insert(computedsById[computed.Id].OnChange, callback)
+end
+
+
+local Computed = module.computed
+local Ref = module.ref
+local ListenTo = module.listenEvent
+
+
+
+
+local a = Ref(1)
+local b = Ref(2)
+
+local aAndB = Computed(function()
+    return a:get() * b:get()
+end)
+
+print(aAndB.Value) -- 2
+
+ListenTo(aAndB, print)
+
+a:set(2) 
+
+-- aAndB = 4
+
+b:set(3) 
+
+-- aAndB = 6
+
+return module
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