code: def load_array(self, a):
      atype = None
      retval = []
      a = a.strip()
      if "[" not in a[1:-1] or "" != a[1:-1].split("[")[0].strip():
          strarray = self._load_array_isstrarray(a)
          if not a[1:-1].strip().startswith("{"):
              a = a[1:-1].split(",")
          else:
              # a is an inline object, we must find the matching parenthesis
              # to define groups
              new_a = []
              start_group_index = 1
              end_group_index = 2
              open_bracket_count = (
                  1 if a[start_group_index] == "{" else 0
              )
              in_str = False
              while end_group_index < len(a[1:]):
                  if (
                      a[end_group_index] == '"'
                      or a[end_group_index] == "'"
                  ):
                      if in_str:
                          backslash_index = end_group_index - 1
                          while (
                              backslash_index > -1
                              and a[backslash_index] == "\\"
                          ):
                              in_str = not in_str
                              backslash_index -= 1
                      in_str = not in_str
                  if not in_str and a[end_group_index] == "{":
                      open_bracket_count += 1
                  if in_str or a[end_group_index] != "}":
                      end_group_index += 1
                      continue
                  elif (
                      a[end_group_index] == "}"
                      and open_bracket_count > 1
                  ):
                      open_bracket_count -= 1
                      end_group_index += 1
                      continue
  
                  # Increase end_group_index by 1 to get the closing bracket
                  end_group_index += 1
  
                  new_a.append(a[start_group_index:end_group_index])
  
                  # The next start index is at least after the closing
                  # bracket, a closing bracket can be followed by a comma
                  # since we are in an array.
                  start_group_index = end_group_index + 1
                  while (
                      start_group_index < len(a[1:])
                      and a[start_group_index] != "{"
                  ):
                      start_group_index += 1
                  end_group_index = start_group_index + 1
              a = new_a
          b = 0
          if strarray:
              while b < len(a) - 1:
                  ab = a[b].strip()
                  while not self.bounded_string(ab) or (
                      len(ab) > 2
                      and ab[0] == ab[1] == ab[2]
                      and ab[-2] != ab[0]
                      and ab[-3] != ab[0]
                  ):
                      a[b] = a[b] + "," + a[b + 1]
                      ab = a[b].strip()
                      if b < len(a) - 2:
                          a = a[: b + 1] + a[b + 2 :]
                      else:
                          a = a[: b + 1]
                  b += 1
      else:
          al = list(a[1:-1])
          a = []
          openarr = 0
          j = 0
          for i in _range(len(al)):
              if al[i] == "[":
                  openarr += 1
              elif al[i] == "]":
                  openarr -= 1
              elif al[i] == "," and not openarr:
                  a.append("".join(al[j:i]))
                  j = i + 1
          a.append("".join(al[j:]))
      for i in _range(len(a)):
          a[i] = a[i].strip()
          if a[i] != "":
              nval, ntype = self.load_value(a[i])
              if atype:
                  if ntype != atype:
                      raise ValueError("Not a homogeneous array")
              else:
                  atype = ntype
              retval.append(nval)
      return retval
  
imports: import datetime
  import io
  from os import linesep
  import re
  import sys
  from toml.tz import TomlTz
label_desc: Use image node_id 11 for calling the TomlDecoder obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.load_array(a) and returns: retval