// Copyright 2018 Frédéric Guillot. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package template // import "miniflux.app/template"

import "fmt"

func dict(values ...interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
	if len(values)%2 != 0 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Dict expects an even number of arguments")
	}
	dict := make(map[string]interface{}, len(values)/2)
	for i := 0; i < len(values); i += 2 {
		key, ok := values[i].(string)
		if !ok {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Dict keys must be strings")
		}
		dict[key] = values[i+1]
	}
	return dict, nil
}