set -u
set -e

# ParseArgs will parse a string that contains quoted strings the same as bash does
# (same as most other *nix shells do). This is secure in the sense that it doesn't do any
# executing or interpeting. However, it also doesn't do any escaping, so you shouldn't pass
# these strings to shells without escaping them.
parseargs() {
	notquote="-"
	str=$1
	declare -a m=()
	s=""

	# Strip leading space, then trailing space, then add a terminating space.
	str="${str## }"
	str="${str%% }"
	str+=" "

	last_quote="${notquote}"
	is_space=""
	n=$(( ${#str} - 1 ))
	i=-1
	for ((i=0;i<=$n;i+=1)); do
		c="${str:$i:1}"

		# If we're ending a quote, break out and skip this character
		if [ "$c" == "$last_quote" ]; then
			last_quote=$notquote
			continue
		fi

		# If we're in a quote, count this character
		if [ "$last_quote" != "$notquote" ]; then
			s+=$c
			continue
		fi

		# If we encounter a quote, enter it and skip this character
		if [ "$c" == "'" ] || [ "$c" == '"' ]; then
			is_space=""
			last_quote=$c
			continue
		fi

		# If it's a space, store the string
		re="[[:space:]]+" # must be used as a var, not a literal
		if [[ $c =~ $re ]]; then
			if [ "0" == "$i" ] || [ -n "$is_space" ]; then
				echo continue $i $is_space
				continue
			fi
			is_space="true"
			m+=("$s")
			s=""
			continue
		fi

		is_space=""
		s+="$c"
	done

	if [ "$last_quote" != "$notquote" ]; then
		>&2 echo "error"
		return 1
	fi

	for arg in "${m[@]}"; do
		echo "$arg"
	done
	return 0
}