# getopt-like parser
parseopts() {
	local opt= optarg= i= shortopts=$1
	local -a longopts=() unused_argv=()

	shift
	while [[ $1 && $1 != '--' ]]; do
		longopts+=("$1")
		shift
	done
	shift

	longoptmatch() {
		local o longmatch=()
		for o in "${longopts[@]}"; do
			if [[ ${o%:} = "$1" ]]; then
				longmatch=("$o")
				break
			fi
			[[ ${o%:} = "$1"* ]] && longmatch+=("$o")
		done

		case ${#longmatch[*]} in
			1)
				# success, override with opt and return arg req (0 == none, 1 == required)
				opt=${longmatch%:}
				if [[ $longmatch = *: ]]; then
					return 1
				else
					return 0
				fi ;;
			0)
				# fail, no match found
				return 255 ;;
			*)
				# fail, ambiguous match
				printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' is ambiguous; possibilities:")" "--$1"
				printf " '%s'" "${longmatch[@]%:}"
				printf '\n'
				return 254 ;;
		esac >&2
	}

	while (( $# )); do
		case $1 in
			--) # explicit end of options
				shift
				break
				;;
			-[!-]*) # short option
				for (( i = 1; i < ${#1}; i++ )); do
					opt=${1:i:1}

					# option doesn't exist
					if [[ $shortopts != *$opt* ]]; then
						printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "invalid option") -- '%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
						OPTRET=(--)
						return 1
					fi

					OPTRET+=("-$opt")
					# option requires optarg
					if [[ $shortopts = *$opt:* ]]; then
						# if we're not at the end of the option chunk, the rest is the optarg
						if (( i < ${#1} - 1 )); then
							OPTRET+=("${1:i+1}")
							break
						# if we're at the end, grab the the next positional, if it exists
						elif (( i == ${#1} - 1 )) && [[ $2 ]]; then
							OPTRET+=("$2")
							shift
							break
						# parse failure
						else
							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option requires an argument") -- '%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
							OPTRET=(--)
							return 1
						fi
					fi
				done
				;;
			--?*=*|--?*) # long option
				IFS='=' read -r opt optarg <<< "${1#--}"
				longoptmatch "$opt"
				case $? in
					0)
						# parse failure
						if [[ $optarg ]]; then
							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' does not allow an argument")\n" "--$opt" >&2
							OPTRET=(--)
							return 1
						# --longopt
						else
							OPTRET+=("--$opt")
						fi
						;;
					1)
						# --longopt=optarg
						if [[ $optarg ]]; then
							OPTRET+=("--$opt" "$optarg")
						# --longopt optarg
						elif [[ $2 ]]; then
							OPTRET+=("--$opt" "$2" )
							shift
						# parse failure
						else
							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' requires an argument")\n" "--$opt" >&2
							OPTRET=(--)
							return 1
						fi
						;;
					254)
						# ambiguous option -- error was reported for us by longoptmatch()
						OPTRET=(--)
						return 1
						;;
					255)
						# parse failure
						printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "invalid option") '--%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
						OPTRET=(--)
						return 1
						;;
				esac
				;;
			*) # non-option arg encountered, add it as a parameter
				unused_argv+=("$1")
				;;
		esac
		shift
	done

	# add end-of-opt terminator and any leftover positional parameters
	OPTRET+=('--' "${unused_argv[@]}" "$@")
	unset longoptmatch

	return 0
}