Use a single load_manifest function throughout the program

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/queries.lua b/src/luarocks/queries.lua
index 6a9166ba..2699aa8c 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/queries.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/queries.lua
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ do
    end
 end
 
+function queries.from_persisted_table(tbl)
+   return setmetatable(tbl, query_mt)
+end
+
 --- Build a string representation of a query package name.
 -- Includes namespace, name and version, but not arch or constraints.
 -- @param query table: a query table