Prevent portals from sharing frame nodes with other portals

While it's rather cute having portals that share parts of their frame with other portals, the way the nether mod implemented portals means a node being part of more than one portal enables a family of bugs.

Igniting a portal now extinguishes any portal that was using nodes now taken by the newly ignited portal.

init.lua

@@ -293,19 +293,51 @@ local function get_orientation_from_param2(param2)
 	return param2 * 90
 end
 
+local extinguish_portal -- the function will be assigned to this further down, rather than having to define the function before other functions can use it.
+
 local function set_portal_metadata(portal_definition, anchorPos, orientation, destination_wormholePos, ignite)
 
-	-- p1 and p2 are used here to keep maps backwards compatible with earlier versions of this mod
+
-	-- (p2's value is the opposite corner of the portal frame to p1, according to the fixed portal shape of earlier versions of this mod)
+	-- Portal position is stored in metadata as p1 and p2 to keep maps compatible with earlier versions of this mod.
+	-- p1 is the bottom/west/south corner of the portal, and p2 is the opposite corner, together
+	-- they define the bounding volume for the portal.
 	local p1, p2 = portal_definition.shape:get_p1_and_p2_from_anchorPos(anchorPos, orientation)
+	local p1_string, p2_string = minetest.pos_to_string(p1), minetest.pos_to_string(p2)
 	local param2 = get_param2_from_orientation(0, orientation)
 
+	local update_aborted-- using closures to allow the updateFunc to return extra information - by setting this variable
+
 	local updateFunc = function(pos)
-		if ignite and minetest.get_node(pos).name == "air" then
-			minetest.set_node(pos, {name = portal_definition.wormhole_node_name, param2 = param2})
-		end
 
 		local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
+
+		if ignite then
+			local node_name = minetest.get_node(pos).name
+			if node_name == "air" then
+				minetest.set_node(pos, {name = portal_definition.wormhole_node_name, param2 = param2})
+			end
+
+			local existing_p1 = meta:get_string("p1")
+			if existing_p1 ~= "" then
+				local existing_p2 = meta:get_string("p2")
+				if DEBUG then minetest.chat_send_all("existing_p1 " .. existing_p1 .. ", existing_p2" .. existing_p2 .. ", p1 " .. p1_string .. ", p2 " .. p2_string) end
+				if existing_p1 ~= p1_string or existing_p2 ~= p2_string then
+					-- this node is already part of another portal, so extinguish that, because nodes only
+					-- contain a link in the metadata to one portal, and being part of two allows a slew of bugs
+					extinguish_portal(pos, node_name)
+					
+					-- clear the metadata to avoid causing a loop if extinguish_portal() fails on this node (e.g. it only works on frame nodes)
+					meta:set_string("p1",              nil) 
+					meta:set_string("p2",              nil) 
+					meta:set_string("target",          nil) 
+					meta:set_string("frame_node_name", nil)
+		
+					update_aborted = true
+					return true -- short-circuit the update
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
 		meta:set_string("p1",              minetest.pos_to_string(p1))
 		meta:set_string("p2",              minetest.pos_to_string(p2))
 		meta:set_string("target",          minetest.pos_to_string(destination_wormholePos))
@@ -317,8 +349,11 @@ local function set_portal_metadata(portal_definition, anchorPos, orientation, de
 		meta:set_string("frame_node_name", portal_definition.frame_node_name)
 	end
 
-	portal_definition.shape.apply_func_to_frame_nodes(anchorPos, orientation, updateFunc)
+	repeat
-	portal_definition.shape.apply_func_to_wormhole_nodes(anchorPos, orientation, updateFunc)
+		update_aborted = false
+		portal_definition.shape.apply_func_to_frame_nodes(anchorPos, orientation, updateFunc)
+		portal_definition.shape.apply_func_to_wormhole_nodes(anchorPos, orientation, updateFunc)
+	until not update_aborted
 
 	local timerPos = get_timerPos_from_p1_and_p2(p1, p2)
 	minetest.get_node_timer(timerPos):start(1)
@@ -632,7 +667,10 @@ end
 
 
 -- WARNING - this is invoked by on_destruct, so you can't assume there's an accesible node at pos
-local function extinguish_portal(pos, node_name)
+extinguish_portal = function(pos, node_name) -- assigned rather than declared because extinguish_portal is already declared, for use by earlier functions in the file.
+
+	-- mesecons seems to invoke action_off() 6 times every time you place a block?
+	if DEBUG then minetest.chat_send_all("extinguish_portal" .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos) .. " " .. node_name) end
 
 	-- find which sort of portals are made from the node that was clicked on
 	local portal_definition = registered_portals[node_name]