-- Copies [key, values] from src into dest, if they do not exist
function auMergeTable(dest, src)
    auForEachKV(src, function(key, value)
        if (dest[key]) then return end
        dest[key] = value
    end)
    return dest
end

function auCopyTables(...)
    local dest = {}
    local args = table.pack(...)
    for i=1, args.n do
        local tbl = args[i]
        if (tbl) then
            auForEachKV(tbl, function(key, value) dest[key] = value end)
        end
    end
    return dest
end

-- Alternative to auConcatArrays
-- Copies src into dest
function auMergeArray(dest, src)
    auForEach(src, function(value)
        table.insert(dest, value)
    end)
    return dest
end

function table.copy(t)
    local u = { }
    for k, v in pairs(t) do u[k] = v end
    --setmetatable(u, getmetatable(t))
    return u
end

function auMap(array, func)
    local tbl = {}
    auForEach(array, function(value)
        table.insert(tbl, func(value))
    end)
    return tbl
end