local function parse(arg, config) local short_params = config and config.short_params or {}; local value_params = config and config.value_params or {}; local array_params = config and config.array_params or {}; local parsed_opts = {}; if #arg == 0 then return parsed_opts; end while true do local raw_param = arg[1]; if not raw_param then break; end local prefix = raw_param:match("^%-%-?"); if not prefix then break; elseif prefix == "--" and raw_param == "--" then table.remove(arg, 1); break; end local param = table.remove(arg, 1):sub(#prefix+1); if #param == 1 and short_params then param = short_params[param]; end if not param then return nil, "param-not-found", raw_param; end local param_k, param_v; if value_params[param] or array_params[param] then param_k, param_v = param, table.remove(arg, 1); if not param_v then return nil, "missing-value", raw_param; end else param_k, param_v = param:match("^([^=]+)=(.+)$"); if not param_k then if param:match("^no%-") then param_k, param_v = param:sub(4), false; else param_k, param_v = param, true; end end param_k = param_k:gsub("%-", "_"); end if array_params[param] then if parsed_opts[param_k] then table.insert(parsed_opts[param_k], param_v); else parsed_opts[param_k] = { param_v }; end else parsed_opts[param_k] = param_v; end end for i = 1, #arg do parsed_opts[i] = arg[i]; end return parsed_opts; end return { parse = parse; }