From b9a776485a54c42fc6d88ec22fca2d2aa29bef24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume ARM <trapcodien@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 22:21:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(events): tolerate unserializable values

---
 programs/events.lua | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/programs/events.lua b/programs/events.lua
index c414a53..9bcc02e 100644
--- a/programs/events.lua
+++ b/programs/events.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local _VERSION = '1.0.1';
+local _VERSION = '1.0.2';
 
 local command = ...;
 
@@ -10,12 +10,44 @@ local function printUsage()
   print('\t\t\tevents help');
 end
 
+local function sanitize(value, seen)
+  local valueType = type(value);
+
+  if valueType == 'function' then
+    return '<function>';
+  end
+
+  if valueType ~= 'table' then
+    return value;
+  end
+
+  seen = seen or {};
+  if seen[value] then
+    return '<cycle>';
+  end
+
+  seen[value] = true;
+
+  local result = {};
+  for k, v in pairs(value) do
+    result[sanitize(k, seen)] = sanitize(v, seen);
+  end
+
+  seen[value] = nil;
+  return result;
+end
+
 local function valueToString(value)
   if type(value) == 'string' then
     return value;
   end
 
-  return textutils.serialize(value, { compact = true });
+  local ok, serialized = pcall(textutils.serialize, sanitize(value), { compact = true });
+  if ok then
+    return serialized;
+  end
+
+  return '<' .. type(value) .. '>';
 end
 
 if command == 'version' or command == '-version' or command == '--version' then