static bool jsonDecode_useOrderedMaps = true;

static O jsonDecode(final String text) {
  final List<String> tok = jsonTok(text);
  if (l(tok) == 1) null;
  
  class Y {
    int i = 1;

    Object parse() {
      String t = tok.get(i);
      if (t.startsWith("\"") || t.startsWith("'")) {
        String s = unquote(tok.get(i));
        i += 2;
        return s;
      }
      if (t.equals("{"))
        return parseMap();
      if (t.equals("["))
        return this.parseList(); // avoid loading standard function "parseList"
      if (t.equals("null")) {
        i += 2; return null;
      }
      if (t.equals("false")) {
        i += 2; return false;
      }
      if (t.equals("true")) {
        i += 2; return true;
      }
      bool minus = false;
      if (t.equals("-")) {
        minus = true;
        i += 2;
        t = get(tok, i);
      }
      if (isInteger(t)) {
        int j = i;
        i += 2;
        if (eqOneOf(get(tok, i), ".", "e", "E")) {
          // rough parsing for doubles
          while (isInteger(get(tok, i))
            || eqOneOf(get(tok, i), ".", "e", "E", "-"))
            i += 2;
          double d = parseDouble(joinSubList(tok, j, i-1));
          if (minus) d = -d;
          ret d;
        } else {
          long l = parseLong(t);
          if (minus) l = -l;
          ret l != (int) l ? (O) new Long(l) : new Integer((int) l);
        }
      }
      
      throw new RuntimeException("Unknown token " + (i+1) + ": " + t + ": " + text);
    }
    
    Object parseList() {
      consume("[");
      List list = new ArrayList;
      while (!tok.get(i).equals("]")) {
        list.add(parse());
        if (tok.get(i).equals(",")) i += 2;
      }
      consume("]");
      return list;
    }
    
    Object parseMap() {
      consume("{");
      Map map = jsonDecode_useOrderedMaps ? new LinkedHashMap : new TreeMap;
      while (!tok.get(i).equals("}")) {
        String key = unquote(tok.get(i));
        i += 2;
        consume(":");
        Object value = parse();
        map.put(key, value);
        if (tok.get(i).equals(",")) i += 2;
      }
      consume("}");
      return map;
    }
    
    void consume(String s) {
      if (!tok.get(i).equals(s)) {
        S prevToken = i-2 >= 0 ? tok.get(i-2) : "";
        S nextTokens = join(tok.subList(i, Math.min(i+4, tok.size())));
        fail(quote(s) + " expected: " + prevToken + " " + nextTokens + " (" + i + "/" + tok.size() + ")");
      }
      i += 2;
    }
  }
  
  return new Y().parse();
}