More miniFixes

conf.lua

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ return {
     AUTO_RUN = true, --Replaces the default love.run
 	DEBUG = true, --Reserved for later
 	PURE_G = true, --whether to keep _G pure
+	HARD_ERROR = true, --Whether to display element errors inside or hard cras
 }

core/element.lua

@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ function element:classlessRender()
 		love.graphics.pop()
 
 		if not status then
+			if helium.conf.HARD_ERROR then
+				error(status)
+			end
 			setColor(1,0,0)
 			rectangle('line',0,0,self.view.w,self.view.h)
 			setColor(1,1,1)
@@ -273,6 +276,9 @@ function element:classlessRender()
 		end
 
 	elseif type(self.renderer)=='string' then
+		if helium.conf.HARD_ERROR then
+			error(self.renderer)
+		end
 		setColor(1,0,0)
 		rectangle('line',0,0,self.view.w,self.view.h)
 		setColor(1,1,1)
@@ -326,6 +332,7 @@ function element:externalUpdate()
 		self.settings.needsRendering = true
 		self.settings.pendingUpdate  = false
 	end
+	return self.settings.remove
 end
 
 local insert = table.insert
@@ -334,13 +341,13 @@ local insert = table.insert
 ---@param x number
 ---@param y number
 function element:draw(x, y)
-	self.settings.remove =false
 	if not self.view.lock then
 		if x then self.view.x = x end
 		if y then self.view.y = y end
 	end
 
 	if self.settings.firstDraw then
+		self.settings.remove = false
 		if self.baseState.onFirstDraw then
 			self.baseState.onFirstDraw()
 		end

init.lua

@@ -32,23 +32,11 @@ function helium.update(dt)
 		helium.loader.update(dt)
 	end
 
-	local remove = false
-
-	for i, e in ipairs(helium.elementBuffer) do
-		if e.settings.remove then
-			remove = true
-		else
-			e:externalUpdate()
+	for i = #helium.elementBuffer, 1, -1 do
+		if helium.elementBuffer[i]:externalUpdate() then
+			table.remove(helium.elementBuffer,i)
 		end
 	end
-
-	if remove then
-		helium.utils.ArrayRemove(helium.elementBuffer, function(t, i)
-			--returns false or (true if nil)
-			return (t[i].settings.remove)
-		end)
-	end
-
 end
 
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