import sys
from typing import Dict, List, Any

def read_kargs(argv: List[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Parse command-line arguments in the format key=value.

    Example:
        python start.py updateApp=True port=8080

    Returns:
        dict: {
            "updateApp": True,
            "port": "8080"
        }
    """
    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv

    kargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
    for param in argv:
        if "=" in param:
            key, value = param.split("=", 1)

            # Normalize booleans
            if value.lower() == "true":
                value = True
            elif value.lower() == "false":
                value = False

            kargs[key] = value

    return kargs


def kargs_to_array(kargs: Dict[str, Any] = None) -> List[str]:
    """
    Convert a dictionary of arguments back to an array of key=value.

    Example:
        {"updateApp": True, "port": 8080}
    Returns:
        ["updateApp=True", "port=8080"]
    """
    if not kargs:
        kargs = read_kargs()

    array: List[str] = []
    for key, value in kargs.items():
        array.append(f"{key}={value}")
    return array