Dump

function dump(t, level)
        level = level or 0
        for i,v in pairs(t) do
        sleep(0.25)
                io.write(string.rep('  ', level))
                io.write(i..': ')
                if type(v) == 'table' then
                        print ''
                        dump(v, level + 1)
                else
                        print(tostring(v))
                end
        end
end

local thing = {
        a_table = {
                another_table = {
                        some_value = 'a string'
                }
        }
}

dump(thing)