littleSerial.lua

function littleSerial(tbl, spc)
  spc = spc or 2

  local str = "{\n"
  local function app(a)
    str = str .. a
  end
  local last = 0

  local repStr = string.rep(' ', spc)

  for i, v in ipairs(tbl) do
    if i ~= i + 1 then
      app(string.format("%s[ %d ] = ", repStr, i))
      last = math.huge
    else
      last = last + 1
    end
    if type(v) = "table" then
      app(littleSerial(v, spc + 2) .. ",\n")
    else
      app(repStr .. tostring(v) .. ",\n")
    end
  end
  app("}")

  return str
end