local _orig_find = string.find
local _orig_match = string.match
local REVERSE_THRESHOLD = 100
local LENGTH_THRESHOLD = 1000

function string.split(s, delimiter)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.split: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(delimiter) ~= "string" then error("string.split: second argument must be a string", 2) end

	if delimiter == "" then
		local result = {}
		for i = 1, #s do
			result[i] = s:sub(i, i)
		end
		return result
	end

	local result = {}
	local start = 1
	local delimiter_len = #delimiter

	while true do
		local pos = _orig_find(s, delimiter, start, true)  -- Use original find
		if not pos then
			table.insert(result, s:sub(start))
			break
		end
		table.insert(result, s:sub(start, pos - 1))
		start = pos + delimiter_len
	end

	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.split = string.split

function string.join(arr, separator)
	if type(arr) ~= "table" then error("string.join: first argument must be a table", 2) end
	if type(separator) ~= "string" then error("string.join: second argument must be a string", 2) end

	return table.concat(arr, separator)
end

function string.trim(s, cutset)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.trim: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if cutset then
		if type(cutset) ~= "string" then error("string.trim: second argument must be a string", 2) end
		local escaped = cutset:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1")
		local pattern = "^[" .. escaped .. "]*(.-)[" .. escaped .. "]*$"
		return s:match(pattern)
	else
		return s:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
	end
end
getmetatable("").__index.trim = string.trim

function string.trim_left(s, cutset)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.trim_left: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if cutset then
		if type(cutset) ~= "string" then error("string.trim_left: second argument must be a string", 2) end
		local pattern = "^[" .. cutset:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1") .. "]*"
		return s:gsub(pattern, "")
	else
		return s:match("^%s*(.*)")
	end
end
getmetatable("").__index.trim_left = string.trim_left

function string.trim_right(s, cutset)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.trim_right: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if cutset then
		if type(cutset) ~= "string" then error("string.trim_right: second argument must be a string", 2) end
		local escaped = cutset:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1")
		local pattern = "[" .. escaped .. "]*$"
		return s:gsub(pattern, "")
	else
		return s:match("(.-)%s*$")
	end
end

function string.title(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.title: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:gsub("(%w)([%w]*)", function(first, rest)
		return first:upper() .. rest:lower()
	end)
end
getmetatable("").__index.title = string.title

function string.contains(s, substr)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.contains: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(substr) ~= "string" then error("string.contains: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	return _orig_find(s, substr, 1, true) ~= nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.contains = string.contains

function string.starts_with(s, prefix)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.starts_with: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(prefix) ~= "string" then error("string.starts_with: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix
end
getmetatable("").__index.starts_with = string.starts_with

function string.ends_with(s, suffix)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.ends_with: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(suffix) ~= "string" then error("string.ends_with: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	if #suffix == 0 then return true end
	return s:sub(-#suffix) == suffix
end
getmetatable("").__index.ends_with = string.ends_with

function string.replace(s, old, new)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.replace: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(old) ~= "string" then error("string.replace: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(new) ~= "string" then error("string.replace: third argument must be a string", 2) end
	if old == "" then error("string.replace: cannot replace empty string", 2) end
	return s:gsub(old:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1"), new)
end
getmetatable("").__index.replace = string.replace

function string.replace_n(s, old, new, n)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.replace_n: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(old) ~= "string" then error("string.replace_n: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(new) ~= "string" then error("string.replace_n: third argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(n) ~= "number" or n < 0 or n ~= math.floor(n) then
		error("string.replace_n: fourth argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	if old == "" then error("string.replace_n: cannot replace empty string", 2) end
	local escaped = old:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1")
	return (s:gsub(escaped, new, n))
end
getmetatable("").__index.replace_n = string.replace_n

function string.index(s, substr)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.index: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(substr) ~= "string" then error("string.index: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	local pos = _orig_find(s, substr, 1, true)
	return pos
end
getmetatable("").__index.index = string.index

function string.last_index(s, substr)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.last_index: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(substr) ~= "string" then error("string.last_index: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	local last_pos = nil
	local pos = 1
	while true do
		local found = _orig_find(s, substr, pos, true)
		if not found then break end
		last_pos = found
		pos = found + 1
	end
	return last_pos
end
getmetatable("").__index.last_index = string.last_index

function string.count(s, substr)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.count: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(substr) ~= "string" then error("string.count: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	if substr == "" then return #s + 1 end
	local count = 0
	local pos = 1
	while true do
		local found = _orig_find(s, substr, pos, true)
		if not found then break end
		count = count + 1
		pos = found + #substr
	end
	return count
end
getmetatable("").__index.count = string.count

function string.repeat_(s, n)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.repeat_: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(n) ~= "number" or n < 0 or n ~= math.floor(n) then
		error("string.repeat_: second argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	return string.rep(s, n)
end

function string.reverse(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.reverse: argument must be a string", 2) end

	if #s > REVERSE_THRESHOLD then
		local result, err = moonshark.string_reverse(s)
		if not result then error("string.reverse: " .. err, 2) end
		return result
	else
		local result = {}
		for i = #s, 1, -1 do
			result[#result + 1] = s:sub(i, i)
		end
		return table.concat(result)
	end
end
getmetatable("").__index.reverse = string.reverse

function string.length(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.length: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return moonshark.string_length(s)
end
getmetatable("").__index.length = string.length

function string.byte_length(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.byte_length: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return moonshark.string_byte_length(s)
end
getmetatable("").__index.byte_length = string.byte_length

function string.lines(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.lines: argument must be a string", 2) end
	if s == "" then return {""} end

	s = s:gsub("\r\n", "\n"):gsub("\r", "\n")
	local lines = {}
	for line in (s .. "\n"):gmatch("([^\n]*)\n") do
		table.insert(lines, line)
	end
	if #lines > 0 and lines[#lines] == "" then
		table.remove(lines)
	end
	return lines
end
getmetatable("").__index.lines = string.lines

function string.words(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.words: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local words = {}
	for word in s:gmatch("%S+") do
		table.insert(words, word)
	end
	return words
end
getmetatable("").__index.words = string.words

function string.pad_left(s, width, pad_char)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.pad_left: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(width) ~= "number" or width < 0 or width ~= math.floor(width) then
		error("string.pad_left: second argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	pad_char = pad_char or " "
	if type(pad_char) ~= "string" then error("string.pad_left: third argument must be a string", 2) end
	if #pad_char == 0 then pad_char = " " else pad_char = pad_char:sub(1,1) end
	local current_len = string.length(s)
	if current_len >= width then return s end
	return string.rep(pad_char, width - current_len) .. s
end
getmetatable("").__index.pad_left = string.pad_left

function string.pad_right(s, width, pad_char)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.pad_right: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(width) ~= "number" or width < 0 or width ~= math.floor(width) then
		error("string.pad_right: second argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	pad_char = pad_char or " "
	if type(pad_char) ~= "string" then error("string.pad_right: third argument must be a string", 2) end
	if #pad_char == 0 then pad_char = " " else pad_char = pad_char:sub(1,1) end
	local current_len = string.length(s)
	if current_len >= width then return s end
	return s .. string.rep(pad_char, width - current_len)
end
getmetatable("").__index.pad_right = string.pad_right

function string.slice(s, start, end_pos)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.slice: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(start) ~= "number" or start ~= math.floor(start) then
		error("string.slice: second argument must be an integer", 2)
	end
	if end_pos ~= nil and (type(end_pos) ~= "number" or end_pos ~= math.floor(end_pos)) then
		error("string.slice: third argument must be an integer", 2)
	end
	local result, err = moonshark.string_slice(s, start, end_pos)
	if not result then error("string.slice: " .. err, 2) end
	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.slice = string.slice

function string.find(s, pattern, init, plain)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.find: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(pattern) ~= "string" then error("string.find: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	return _orig_find(s, pattern, init, plain)
end
getmetatable("").__index.find = string.find

function string.find_match(s, pattern, init, plain)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.find_match: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(pattern) ~= "string" then error("string.find_match: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	local start_pos, end_pos = _orig_find(s, pattern, init, plain)
	if start_pos then
		return s:sub(start_pos, end_pos)
	end
	return nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.find_match = string.find_match

function string.find_all(s, pattern)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.find_all: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(pattern) ~= "string" then error("string.find_all: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	local matches = {}
	for match in s:gmatch(pattern) do
		table.insert(matches, match)
	end
	return matches
end
getmetatable("").__index.find_all = string.find_all

function string.to_number(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.to_number: argument must be a string", 2) end
	s = string.trim(s)
	return tonumber(s)
end
getmetatable("").__index.to_number = string.to_number

function string.is_numeric(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.is_numeric: argument must be a string", 2) end
	s = string.trim(s)
	return tonumber(s) ~= nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_numeric = string.is_numeric

function string.is_alpha(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.is_alpha: argument must be a string", 2) end
	if #s == 0 then return false end
	return s:match("^%a+$") ~= nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_alpha = string.is_alpha

function string.is_alphanumeric(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.is_alphanumeric: argument must be a string", 2) end
	if #s == 0 then return false end
	return s:match("^%w+$") ~= nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_alphanumeric = string.is_alphanumeric

function string.is_utf8(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.is_utf8: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return moonshark.string_is_valid_utf8(s)
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_utf8 = string.is_utf8

function string.is_empty(s)
	return s == nil or s == ""
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_empty = string.is_empty

function string.is_blank(s)
	return s == nil or s == "" or string.trim(s) == ""
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_blank = string.is_blank

function string.capitalize(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.capitalize: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:gsub("(%a)([%w_']*)", function(first, rest)
		return first:upper() .. rest:lower()
	end)
end
getmetatable("").__index.capitalize = string.capitalize

function string.camel_case(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.camel_case: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local words = string.words(s)
	if #words == 0 then return s end
	local result = words[1]:lower()
	for i = 2, #words do
		result = result .. words[i]:sub(1,1):upper() .. words[i]:sub(2):lower()
	end
	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.camel_case = string.camel_case

function string.pascal_case(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.pascal_case: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local words = string.words(s)
	local result = ""
	for _, word in ipairs(words) do
		result = result .. word:sub(1,1):upper() .. word:sub(2):lower()
	end
	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.pascal_case = string.pascal_case

function string.snake_case(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.snake_case: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local words = string.words(s)
	local result = {}
	for _, word in ipairs(words) do
		table.insert(result, word:lower())
	end
	return table.concat(result, "_")
end
getmetatable("").__index.snake_case = string.snake_case

function string.kebab_case(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.kebab_case: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local words = string.words(s)
	local result = {}
	for _, word in ipairs(words) do
		table.insert(result, word:lower())
	end
	return table.concat(result, "-")
end
getmetatable("").__index.kebab_case = string.kebab_case

function string.screaming_snake_case(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.screaming_snake_case: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return string.snake_case(s):upper()
end
getmetatable("").__index.screaming_snake_case = string.screaming_snake_case

function string.center(s, width, fill_char)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.center: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(width) ~= "number" or width < 0 or width ~= math.floor(width) then
		error("string.center: second argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	fill_char = fill_char or " "
	if type(fill_char) ~= "string" or #fill_char == 0 then
		error("string.center: fill character must be a non-empty string", 2)
	end
	fill_char = fill_char:sub(1,1)

	local len = string.length(s)
	if len >= width then return s end

	local pad_total = width - len
	local pad_left = math.floor(pad_total / 2)
	local pad_right = pad_total - pad_left

	return string.rep(fill_char, pad_left) .. s .. string.rep(fill_char, pad_right)
end
getmetatable("").__index.center = string.center

function string.truncate(s, max_length, suffix)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.truncate: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(max_length) ~= "number" or max_length < 0 or max_length ~= math.floor(max_length) then
		error("string.truncate: second argument must be a non-negative integer", 2)
	end
	suffix = suffix or "..."
	if type(suffix) ~= "string" then error("string.truncate: third argument must be a string", 2) end

	local len = string.length(s)
	if len <= max_length then return s end

	local suffix_len = string.length(suffix)
	if max_length <= suffix_len then
		return string.slice(suffix, 1, max_length)
	end

	local main_part = string.slice(s, 1, max_length - suffix_len)
	main_part = string.trim_right(main_part)
	return main_part .. suffix
end
getmetatable("").__index.truncate = string.truncate

function string.wrap(s, width)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.wrap: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(width) ~= "number" or width <= 0 or width ~= math.floor(width) then
		error("string.wrap: second argument must be a positive integer", 2)
	end

	if s == "" then return {""} end

	local words = string.words(s)
	if #words == 0 then return {""} end

	local lines = {}
	local current_line = ""

	for _, word in ipairs(words) do
		if string.length(word) > width then
			if current_line ~= "" then
				table.insert(lines, current_line)
				current_line = ""
			end
			table.insert(lines, word)
		elseif current_line == "" then
			current_line = word
		elseif string.length(current_line) + 1 + string.length(word) <= width then
			current_line = current_line .. " " .. word
		else
			table.insert(lines, current_line)
			current_line = word
		end
	end

	if current_line ~= "" then
		table.insert(lines, current_line)
	end

	return lines
end
getmetatable("").__index.wrap = string.wrap

function string.dedent(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.dedent: argument must be a string", 2) end

	local lines = string.lines(s)
	if #lines == 0 then return s end

	local min_indent = math.huge
	for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
		if string.trim(line) ~= "" then
			local indent = 0
			for i = 1, #line do
				if line:sub(i,i) == " " then
					indent = indent + 1
				else
					break
				end
			end
			min_indent = math.min(min_indent, indent)
		end
	end

	if min_indent == math.huge then return s end

	local result = {}
	for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
		if string.trim(line) == "" then
			table.insert(result, "")
		else
			table.insert(result, line:sub(min_indent + 1))
		end
	end

	return table.concat(result, "\n")
end
getmetatable("").__index.dedent = string.dedent

function string.escape(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.escape: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return (s:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1"))
end
getmetatable("").__index.escape = string.escape

function string.shell_quote(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.shell_quote: argument must be a string", 2) end
	if s:match("^[%w%.%-_/]+$") then
		return s
	end
	return "'" .. s:gsub("'", "'\"'\"'") .. "'"
end
getmetatable("").__index.shell_quote = string.shell_quote

function string.url_encode(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.url_encode: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:gsub("([^%w%-%.%_%~])", function(c)
		return string.format("%%%02X", string.byte(c))
	end)
end
getmetatable("").__index.url_encode = string.url_encode

function string.url_decode(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.url_decode: argument must be a string", 2) end
	s = s:gsub("+", " ")
	return s:gsub("%%(%x%x)", function(hex)
		return string.char(tonumber(hex, 16))
	end)
end
getmetatable("").__index.url_decode = string.url_decode

function string.slug(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.slug: argument must be a string", 2) end
	if s == "" then return "" end

	local result = s:lower()
	-- Remove accents first
	result = string.remove_accents(result)
	-- Keep only alphanumeric, spaces, and hyphens
	result = result:gsub("[^%w%s%-]", "")
	-- Replace spaces with hyphens
	result = result:gsub("%s+", "-")
	-- Remove duplicate hyphens
	result = result:gsub("%-+", "-")
	-- Remove leading/trailing hyphens
	result = result:gsub("^%-", "")
	result = result:gsub("%-$", "")

	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.slug = string.slug

function string.iequals(a, b)
	if type(a) ~= "string" then error("string.iequals: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(b) ~= "string" then error("string.iequals: second argument must be a string", 2) end
	return string.lower(a) == string.lower(b)
end
getmetatable("").__index.iequals = string.iequals

function string.is_whitespace(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.is_whitespace: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:match("^%s*$") ~= nil
end
getmetatable("").__index.is_whitespace = string.is_whitespace

function string.strip_whitespace(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.strip_whitespace: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return s:gsub("%s", "")
end
getmetatable("").__index.strip_whitespace = string.strip_whitespace

function string.normalize_whitespace(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.normalize_whitespace: argument must be a string", 2) end
	return string.trim((s:gsub("%s+", " ")))
end
getmetatable("").__index.normalize_whitespace = string.normalize_whitespace

function string.extract_numbers(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.extract_numbers: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local numbers = {}
	for num in s:gmatch("%-?%d+%.?%d*") do
		local n = tonumber(num)
		if n then table.insert(numbers, n) end
	end
	return numbers
end
getmetatable("").__index.extract_numbers = string.extract_numbers

function string.remove_accents(s)
	if type(s) ~= "string" then error("string.remove_accents: argument must be a string", 2) end
	local accents = {
		["á"] = "a", ["à"] = "a", ["ä"] = "a", ["â"] = "a", ["ã"] = "a", ["å"] = "a",
		["Á"] = "A", ["À"] = "A", ["Ä"] = "A", ["Â"] = "A", ["Ã"] = "A", ["Å"] = "A",
		["é"] = "e", ["è"] = "e", ["ë"] = "e", ["ê"] = "e",
		["É"] = "E", ["È"] = "E", ["Ë"] = "E", ["Ê"] = "E",
		["í"] = "i", ["ì"] = "i", ["ï"] = "i", ["î"] = "i",
		["Í"] = "I", ["Ì"] = "I", ["Ï"] = "I", ["Î"] = "I",
		["ó"] = "o", ["ò"] = "o", ["ö"] = "o", ["ô"] = "o", ["õ"] = "o",
		["Ó"] = "O", ["Ò"] = "O", ["Ö"] = "O", ["Ô"] = "O", ["Õ"] = "O",
		["ú"] = "u", ["ù"] = "u", ["ü"] = "u", ["û"] = "u",
		["Ú"] = "U", ["Ù"] = "U", ["Ü"] = "U", ["Û"] = "U",
		["ñ"] = "n", ["Ñ"] = "N",
		["ç"] = "c", ["Ç"] = "C"
	}

	local result = s
	for accented, plain in pairs(accents) do
		result = result:gsub(accented, plain)
	end
	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.remove_accents = string.remove_accents

function string.template(template_str, vars)
	if type(template_str) ~= "string" then error("string.template: first argument must be a string", 2) end
	if type(vars) ~= "table" then error("string.template: second argument must be a table", 2) end

	return template_str:gsub("%${([%w_%.-]+)}", function(path)
		local value = vars

		-- Handle simple variables (no dots)
		if not path:match("%.") then
			return tostring(value[path] or "")
		end

		-- Handle nested properties
		for key in path:gmatch("[^%.]+") do
			if type(value) == "table" and value[key] ~= nil then
				value = value[key]
			else
				return ""
			end
		end
		return tostring(value)
	end)
end
getmetatable("").__index.template = string.template

function string.random(length, charset)
	local result, err = moonshark.random_string(length, charset)
	if not result then
		error(err)
	end
	return result
end

-- Template processing with code execution
function string.render(template_str, env)
	local function is_control_structure(code)
		-- Check if code is a control structure that doesn't produce output
		local trimmed = code:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
		return trimmed == "else" or
		       trimmed == "end" or
		       trimmed:match("^if%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^elseif%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^for%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^while%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^repeat%s*$") or
		       trimmed:match("^until%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^do%s*$") or
		       trimmed:match("^local%s") or
		       trimmed:match("^function%s") or
		       trimmed:match(".*=%s*function%s*%(") or
		       trimmed:match(".*then%s*$") or
		       trimmed:match(".*do%s*$")
	end

	local pos, chunks = 1, {}
	while pos <= #template_str do
		local unescaped_start = template_str:find("{{{", pos, true)
		local escaped_start = template_str:find("{{", pos, true)

		local start, tag_type, open_len
		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
			start, tag_type, open_len = unescaped_start, "-", 3
		elseif escaped_start then
			start, tag_type, open_len = escaped_start, "=", 2
		else
			table.insert(chunks, template_str:sub(pos))
			break
		end

		if start > pos then
			table.insert(chunks, template_str:sub(pos, start-1))
		end

		pos = start + open_len
		local close_tag = tag_type == "-" and "}}}" or "}}"
		local close_start, close_stop = template_str:find(close_tag, pos, true)
		if not close_start then
			error("Failed to find closing tag at position " .. pos)
		end

		local code = template_str:sub(pos, close_start-1):match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
		local is_control = is_control_structure(code)

		table.insert(chunks, {tag_type, code, pos, is_control})
		pos = close_stop + 1
	end

	local buffer = {"local _tostring, _escape, _b, _b_i = ...\n"}
	for _, chunk in ipairs(chunks) do
		local t = type(chunk)
		if t == "string" then
			table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
			table.insert(buffer, "_b[_b_i] = " .. string.format("%q", chunk) .. "\n")
		else
			local tag_type, code, pos, is_control = chunk[1], chunk[2], chunk[3], chunk[4]

			if is_control then
				-- Control structure - just insert as raw Lua code
				table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. pos .. "]] " .. code .. "\n")
			elseif tag_type == "=" then
				-- Simple variable check
				if code:match("^[%w_]+$") then
					table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
					table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. pos .. "]] _b[_b_i] = _escape(_tostring(" .. code .. "))\n")
				else
					-- Expression output with escaping
					table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
					table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. pos .. "]] _b[_b_i] = _escape(_tostring(" .. code .. "))\n")
				end
			elseif tag_type == "-" then
				-- Unescaped output
				table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
				table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. pos .. "]] _b[_b_i] = _tostring(" .. code .. ")\n")
			end
		end
	end
	table.insert(buffer, "return _b")

	local generated_code = table.concat(buffer)

	-- DEBUG: Uncomment to see generated code
	-- print("Generated Lua code:")
	-- print(generated_code)
	-- print("---")

	local fn, err = loadstring(generated_code)
	if not fn then
		print("Generated code that failed to compile:")
		print(generated_code)
		error(err)
	end

	env = env or {}
	local runtime_env = setmetatable({}, {__index = function(_, k) return env[k] or _G[k] end})
	setfenv(fn, runtime_env)

	local output_buffer = {}
	fn(tostring, html_special_chars, output_buffer, 0)
	return table.concat(output_buffer)
end

-- Named placeholder processing
function string.parse(template_str, env)
	local pos, output = 1, {}
	env = env or {}

	while pos <= #template_str do
		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end, unescaped_name = template_str:find("{{{%s*([%w_]+)%s*}}}", pos)
		local escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name = template_str:find("{{%s*([%w_]+)%s*}}", pos)

		local next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped
		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
			next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped = unescaped_start, unescaped_end, unescaped_name, false
		elseif escaped_start then
			next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name, true
		else
			local text = template_str:sub(pos)
			if text and #text > 0 then
				table.insert(output, text)
			end
			break
		end

		local text = template_str:sub(pos, next_pos - 1)
		if text and #text > 0 then
			table.insert(output, text)
		end

		local value = env[name]
		local str = tostring(value or "")
		if escaped then
			str:html_special_chars()
		end
		table.insert(output, str)

		pos = placeholder_end + 1
	end

	return table.concat(output)
end

-- Indexed placeholder processing
function string.iparse(template_str, values)
	local pos, output, value_index = 1, {}, 1
	values = values or {}

	while pos <= #template_str do
		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end = template_str:find("{{{}}}", pos, true)
		local escaped_start, escaped_end = template_str:find("{{}}", pos, true)

		local next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped
		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
			next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped = unescaped_start, unescaped_end, false
		elseif escaped_start then
			next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, true
		else
			local text = template_str:sub(pos)
			if text and #text > 0 then
				table.insert(output, text)
			end
			break
		end

		local text = template_str:sub(pos, next_pos - 1)
		if text and #text > 0 then
			table.insert(output, text)
		end

		local value = values[value_index]
		local str = tostring(value or "")
		if escaped then
			str:html_special_chars()
		end
		table.insert(output, str)

		pos = placeholder_end + 1
		value_index = value_index + 1
	end

	return table.concat(output)
end

string.special_chars_pattern = '[&<>"\']'
string.entity_decode_pattern = '&[#%w]+;'

string.special_encode_map = {
	['&'] = '&amp;',
	['<'] = '&lt;',
	['>'] = '&gt;',
	['"'] = '&quot;',
	["'"] = '&#039;'
}

string.special_decode_map = {
	['&amp;'] = '&',
	['&lt;'] = '<',
	['&gt;'] = '>',
	['&quot;'] = '"',
	['&#039;'] = "'",
	['&apos;'] = "'"
}

string.extended_encode_map = {
	-- Special chars
	['&'] = '&amp;',
	['<'] = '&lt;',
	['>'] = '&gt;',
	['"'] = '&quot;',
	["'"] = '&#039;',
	-- Extended characters
	[' '] = '&nbsp;',
	['¡'] = '&iexcl;',
	['¢'] = '&cent;',
	['£'] = '&pound;',
	['¤'] = '&curren;',
	['¥'] = '&yen;',
	['¦'] = '&brvbar;',
	['§'] = '&sect;',
	['¨'] = '&uml;',
	['©'] = '&copy;',
	['ª'] = '&ordf;',
	['«'] = '&laquo;',
	['¬'] = '&not;',
	['®'] = '&reg;',
	['¯'] = '&macr;',
	['°'] = '&deg;',
	['±'] = '&plusmn;',
	['²'] = '&sup2;',
	['³'] = '&sup3;',
	['´'] = '&acute;',
	['µ'] = '&micro;',
	['¶'] = '&para;',
	['·'] = '&middot;',
	['¸'] = '&cedil;',
	['¹'] = '&sup1;',
	['º'] = '&ordm;',
	['»'] = '&raquo;',
	['¼'] = '&frac14;',
	['½'] = '&frac12;',
	['¾'] = '&frac34;',
	['¿'] = '&iquest;',
	['À'] = '&Agrave;',
	['Á'] = '&Aacute;',
	['Â'] = '&Acirc;',
	['Ã'] = '&Atilde;',
	['Ä'] = '&Auml;',
	['Å'] = '&Aring;',
	['Æ'] = '&AElig;',
	['Ç'] = '&Ccedil;',
	['È'] = '&Egrave;',
	['É'] = '&Eacute;',
	['Ê'] = '&Ecirc;',
	['Ë'] = '&Euml;',
	['Ì'] = '&Igrave;',
	['Í'] = '&Iacute;',
	['Î'] = '&Icirc;',
	['Ï'] = '&Iuml;',
	['Ð'] = '&ETH;',
	['Ñ'] = '&Ntilde;',
	['Ò'] = '&Ograve;',
	['Ó'] = '&Oacute;',
	['Ô'] = '&Ocirc;',
	['Õ'] = '&Otilde;',
	['Ö'] = '&Ouml;',
	['×'] = '&times;',
	['Ø'] = '&Oslash;',
	['Ù'] = '&Ugrave;',
	['Ú'] = '&Uacute;',
	['Û'] = '&Ucirc;',
	['Ü'] = '&Uuml;',
	['Ý'] = '&Yacute;',
	['Þ'] = '&THORN;',
	['ß'] = '&szlig;',
	['à'] = '&agrave;',
	['á'] = '&aacute;',
	['â'] = '&acirc;',
	['ã'] = '&atilde;',
	['ä'] = '&auml;',
	['å'] = '&aring;',
	['æ'] = '&aelig;',
	['ç'] = '&ccedil;',
	['è'] = '&egrave;',
	['é'] = '&eacute;',
	['ê'] = '&ecirc;',
	['ë'] = '&euml;',
	['ì'] = '&igrave;',
	['í'] = '&iacute;',
	['î'] = '&icirc;',
	['ï'] = '&iuml;',
	['ð'] = '&eth;',
	['ñ'] = '&ntilde;',
	['ò'] = '&ograve;',
	['ó'] = '&oacute;',
	['ô'] = '&ocirc;',
	['õ'] = '&otilde;',
	['ö'] = '&ouml;',
	['÷'] = '&divide;',
	['ø'] = '&oslash;',
	['ù'] = '&ugrave;',
	['ú'] = '&uacute;',
	['û'] = '&ucirc;',
	['ü'] = '&uuml;',
	['ý'] = '&yacute;',
	['þ'] = '&thorn;',
	['ÿ'] = '&yuml;'
}

string.extended_decode_map = {}
for char, entity in pairs(string.extended_encode_map) do
	string.extended_decode_map[entity] = char
end
-- Add common named entities not in extended_encode_map
string.extended_decode_map['&apos;'] = "'"
string.extended_decode_map['&nbsp;'] = ' '

-- Converts HTML special characters (&, <, >, ", ') to entities
function string.html_special_chars(str)
	if not str then return nil end
	if not str:find(string.special_chars_pattern) then return str end
	return (str:gsub(string.special_chars_pattern, string.special_encode_map))
end
getmetatable("").__index.html_special_chars = string.html_special_chars

-- Decodes HTML special character entities back to characters
function string.html_special_chars_decode(str)
	if not str then return nil end

	return (str:gsub('&[lg]t;', string.special_decode_map)
	           :gsub('&quot;', '"')
	           :gsub('&#039;', "'")
	           :gsub('&apos;', "'")
	           :gsub('&amp;', '&')) -- Must be last to avoid double-decoding
end
getmetatable("").__index.html_special_chars_decode = string.html_special_chars_decode

-- More comprehensive HTML entity encoding
-- Handles special chars plus extended Latin-1 characters
function string.html_entities(str)
	if not str then return nil end

	local result = {}
	local result_len = 0

	for i = 1, #str do
		local char = str:sub(i, i)
		local entity = string.extended_encode_map[char]

		if entity then
			result_len = result_len + 1
			result[result_len] = entity
		else
			local byte = string.byte(char)
			if byte > 127 then
				-- Encode high-bit characters as numeric entities
				result_len = result_len + 1
				result[result_len] = '&#' .. byte .. ';'
			else
				result_len = result_len + 1
				result[result_len] = char
			end
		end
	end

	return table.concat(result)
end
getmetatable("").__index.html_entities = string.html_entities

function string.html_entities_decode(str)
	if not str then return nil end

	-- Handle numeric entities first
	local result = str:gsub('&#(%d+);', function(num)
		local n = tonumber(num)
		if n and n >= 0 and n <= 255 then
			return string.char(n)
		end
		return '&#' .. num .. ';' -- Return unchanged if invalid
	end)

	-- Handle named entities
	result = result:gsub(string.entity_decode_pattern, function(entity)
		return string.extended_decode_map[entity] or entity
	end)

	return result
end
getmetatable("").__index.html_entities_decode = string.html_entities_decode