-- Remove a key from a table and return the value
-- @param table: Table
-- @param key: Any
-- @return Any
function table.remove_key(table, key)
  local value = table[key]
  table[key] = nil
  return value
end

-- Merge multiple tables into a new table, with later tables taking precedence
-- @param ...: Table
-- @return Table
function table.merge_new(...)
  local result = {}
  for _, table in ipairs({...}) do
    if table then
      for key, value in pairs(table) do
        result[key] = value
      end
    end
  end
  return result
end