run_cmd("cl", 0, true)
local Table = dofile("table_class.lua") -- /data/script/table_class.lua
local mytable = Table:new() -- creating a new table inheriting from Table class
mytable.item = "Hello, world!"
mytable.count = 19
mytable.values = { 23, "fish", math.sin, mytable }
mytable:print( -- using inherited print method
    echo, -- passing Toribash's echo function for the output to be printed to the Toribash console
    nil, -- we don't want any parts of the table blocked from being printed
    "mytable", -- root name (if nil defaults to tabel address)
    nil, -- indentation defaults to "   " (4 spaces)
    nil -- maxdepth defaults to _G.math.huge (virtually no limit to maximum depth)
)

Output:

As you can see, the print function won't get stuck in a loop if the table contains circular references.

If you expect your table to be huge, redirect the output to a file (or any other appropriate sink for that matter) not a console.

local Table = dofile("table_class.lua") -- /data/script/table_class.lua
local file, errmsg = io.open("_G.txt", "w") -- output file at /data/script/_G.txt
assert(file, errmsg)
Table.print(
    _G, -- root
    function(str) file:write(str .. "\n") end, -- custom log function will redirect the output to the file above
    { [Clans] = true, [Store] = true }, -- tables Clans and Store are blocked, they won't be accessed and printed
    "_G", -- root name
    "  ", -- indentation
    nil -- maxdepth
)
local success, exitcode = file:close()
assert(success, exitcode)

The output file has ~ 20,000 lines of text. But you can open it VSCode, no problem.

You can make any table inherit from the Table class.
But if the table already has a metatable set, you will get an error.

local Table = dofile("table_class.lua") -- /data/script/table_class.lua
local scripts = Table:new(Scripts) -- the global _G.Scripts table already has a metatable set

Here is the error message:

You would have to explicitly state that you want to override the existing metatable (not recommended).

local Table = dofile("table_class.lua")
local mytable = setmetatable({}, {})
Table:new(mytable, true) -- override existing metatable, no error
mytable:print(echo, nil, "mytable", nil, nil)

Instead, don't make the table inherit and pass it to the Table.print function directly (as we did above with _G).

Table.print(
    Scripts -- root
    echo, -- log function
    nil, -- no blocked tables
    "Scripts", -- root name
    "   ", -- indentation
    nil -- no limit to maxdepth
)