revised callback system to use multiple arguments; added tobitstring function in utility

sim/gate.lua

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ end
 -- 	sim:queuecallback(self, str)
 -- end
 
-function Gate:cb(str)
+function Gate:cb(...)
-	sim:queuecallback(self, str)
+	sim:queuecallback(self, ...)
 end
 
 function Gate:queue(delay)

sim/simulation.lua

@@ -328,13 +328,11 @@ function Simulation:sendcallbacks()
 		local data = "CB"
 		
 		for objref, args in pairs(self.callbacks) do
-			local argc = 0
 			local escargs = {}
 			for argidx, argv in ipairs(args) do
 				table.insert(escargs, expandescape(tostring(argv)))
-				argc = argc+1
 			end
-			data = data .. "\t" .. objref .. "\t"..argc..(#escargs>0 and ("\t"..table.concat(escargs, "\t")) or "")
+			data = data .. "\t" .. objref .. "\t"..(#escargs)..(#escargs>0 and ("\t"..table.concat(escargs, "\t")) or "")
 		end
 		
 		client:send(data .. "\n")

sim/utility.lua

@@ -51,3 +51,17 @@ function collapseescape(str)
 	
 	return table.concat(ostrt)
 end
+
+function tobitstring(num, len)
+	local maxval = bit.lshift(1, len)
+	if num>=maxval then error("bitstring value too big") end
+	
+	num = num%maxval
+	
+	local bitstring = ""
+	for i = len, 1, -1 do
+		bitstring = bitstring..bit.rshift(bit.band(num, bit.lshift(1, i-1)), i-1)
+	end
+	
+	return bitstring
+end