Merge pull request #1021 from Guldoman/PR_lax_common_merge

Make `common.merge` work with invalid arguments

data/core/common.lua

@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ end
 
 
 function common.merge(a, b)
+  a = type(a) == "table" and a or {}
   local t = {}
-  for k, v in pairs(a) do t[k] = v end
-  if b then for k, v in pairs(b) do t[k] = v end end
+  for k, v in pairs(a) do
+    t[k] = v
+  end
+  if b and type(b) == "table" then
+    for k, v in pairs(b) do
+      t[k] = v
+    end
+  end
   return t
 end