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+local function interpretArgs(tInput, tArgs)
+	local output = {}
+	local errors = {}
+	local usedEntries = {}
+	for aName, aType in pairs(tArgs) do
+		output[aName] = false
+		for i = 1, #tInput do
+			if not usedEntries[i] then
+				if tInput[i] == aName and not output[aName] then
+					if aType then
+						usedEntries[i] = true
+						if type(tInput[i+1]) == aType or type(tonumber(tInput[i+1])) == aType then
+							usedEntries[i+1] = true
+							if aType == "number" then
+								output[aName] = tonumber(tInput[i+1])
+							else
+								output[aName] = tInput[i+1]
+							end
+						else
+							output[aName] = nil
+							errors[1] = errors[1] and (errors[1] + 1) or 1
+							errors[aName] = "expected " .. aType .. ", got " .. type(tInput[i+1])
+						end
+					else
+						usedEntries[i] = true
+						output[aName] = true
+					end
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	for i = 1, #tInput do
+		if not usedEntries[i] then
+			output[#output+1] = tInput[i]
+		end
+	end
+	return output, errors
+end
+
+--[[
+
+--example from progdor2
+
+local argData = {
+	["-pb"] = "string",	-- pastebin get
+	["-dd"] = "string",	-- direct URL download
+	["-m"] = "string",	-- specify main file
+	["-PB"] = false,	-- pastebin upload
+	["-e"] = false,		-- automatic self-extractor
+	["-s"] = false,		-- silent
+	["-a"] = false,		-- use as API with require, also makes silent
+	["-c"] = false,		-- use CCA compression
+	["-h"] = false,		-- show help
+	["-i"] = false,		-- inspect mode
+}
+
+local argList, argErrors = interpretArgs({...}, argData)
+
+if #argErrors > 0 then
+	local errList = ""
+	for k,v in pairs(argErrors) do
+		if k ~= 1 then
+			errList = errList .. "\"" .. k .. "\": " .. v .. "; "
+		end
+		error(errList:sub(1, -2))
+	end
+end
+
+local pastebinGet    = argList["-pb"]	-- string, pastebin code
+local directDownload = argList["-dd"]	-- string, download URL
+local mainFile		 = argList["-m"]	-- string, main executable file
+local pastebinUpload = argList["-PB"]	-- boolean
+local selfExtractor	 = argList["-e"]	-- boolean
+local silent		 = argList["-s"]	-- boolean
+local useCompression = argList["-c"]	-- boolean
+local justOverwrite  = argList["-o"] 	-- boolean
+
+--]]