-- Returns True if 'table' contains the value 'val'. False otherwise.
function contains(table, val)
   for i=1, #table do
      if table[i] == val then
         return true
      end
   end
   return false
end

function TableMerge(a, b)
	local r = TableDeepCopy(a)
	for k,v in pairs(b) do
		if IsTable(v) then
			r[k] = TableMerge(r[k] or {}, v)
		else
			r[k] = v
		end
	end
	return r
end