Avoid keying a table by LuaEntity

changelog.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Version: 1.0.2
+Date: 20.09.2024
+  Changes:
+    - Avoid keying a table by LuaEntity, use LuaEntity.unit_number instead
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version: 1.0.1
 Date: 18.09.2024
   Bugfixes:

control.lua

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ script.on_init(function()
   global.active = {}
   global.active.mining_drills = {} -- [Tick:Entity]
   global.passive = {}
-  global.passive.mining_drills = {} -- [Entity:true]
+  global.passive.mining_drills = {} -- [Entity.unit_number:Entity]
 end)
 
 script.on_load(function()

info.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "Teardown",
-	"version": "1.0.1",
+	"version": "1.0.2",
 	"title": "Teardown",
 	"description": "Automate the removal of depleted miners",
 	"author": "David Skrundz",

teardown/on_tick.lua

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function on_active_tick(event)
       if status == defines.entity_status.no_minable_resources then
         miner.order_deconstruction(miner.force, nil)
       elseif status ~= defines.entity_status.working then
-        passive_mining_drills[miner] = true
+        passive_mining_drills[miner.unit_number] = miner
         script.on_nth_tick(passive_tick, on_passive_tick)
       end
     end
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ end
 function on_passive_tick(event)
   local passive_mining_drills = global.passive.mining_drills
 
-  for miner, _ in pairs(passive_mining_drills) do
+  for id, miner in pairs(passive_mining_drills) do
     if miner.valid then
       local status = miner.status
       if status == defines.entity_status.no_minable_resources then
         miner.order_deconstruction(miner.force, nil)
-        passive_mining_drills[miner] = nil
+        passive_mining_drills[id] = nil
       elseif status == defines.entity_status.working then
-        passive_mining_drills[miner] = nil
+        passive_mining_drills[id] = nil
       end
     else
-      passive_mining_drills[miner] = nil
+      passive_mining_drills[id] = nil
     end
   end