def parse_sphinx_searchindex(searchindex):
    """Parse a Sphinx search index

    Parameters
    ----------
    searchindex : str
        The Sphinx search index (contents of searchindex.js)

    Returns
    -------
    filenames : list of str
        The file names parsed from the search index.
    objects : dict
        The objects parsed from the search index.
    """
    def _select_block(str_in, start_tag, end_tag):
        """Select first block delimited by start_tag and end_tag"""
        start_pos = str_in.find(start_tag)
        if start_pos < 0:
            raise ValueError('start_tag not found')
        depth = 0
        for pos in range(start_pos, len(str_in)):
            if str_in[pos] == start_tag:
                depth += 1
            elif str_in[pos] == end_tag:
                depth -= 1

            if depth == 0:
                break
        sel = str_in[start_pos + 1:pos]
        return sel

    def _parse_dict_recursive(dict_str):
        """Parse a dictionary from the search index"""
        dict_out = dict()
        pos_last = 0
        pos = dict_str.find(':')
        while pos >= 0:
            key = dict_str[pos_last:pos]
            if dict_str[pos + 1] == '[':
                # value is a list
                pos_tmp = dict_str.find(']', pos + 1)
                if pos_tmp < 0:
                    raise RuntimeError('error when parsing dict')
                value = dict_str[pos + 2: pos_tmp].split(',')
                # try to convert elements to int
                for i in range(len(value)):
                    try:
                        value[i] = int(value[i])
                    except ValueError:
                        pass
            elif dict_str[pos + 1] == '{':
                # value is another dictionary
                subdict_str = _select_block(dict_str[pos:], '{', '}')
                value = _parse_dict_recursive(subdict_str)
                pos_tmp = pos + len(subdict_str)
            else:
                raise ValueError('error when parsing dict: unknown elem')

            key = key.strip('"')
            if len(key) > 0:
                dict_out[key] = value

            pos_last = dict_str.find(',', pos_tmp)
            if pos_last < 0:
                break
            pos_last += 1
            pos = dict_str.find(':', pos_last)

        return dict_out

    # Make sure searchindex uses UTF-8 encoding
    if hasattr(searchindex, 'decode'):
        searchindex = searchindex.decode('UTF-8')

    # parse objects
    query = 'objects:'
    pos = searchindex.find(query)
    if pos < 0:
        raise ValueError('"objects:" not found in search index')

    sel = _select_block(searchindex[pos:], '{', '}')
    objects = _parse_dict_recursive(sel)

    # parse filenames
    query = 'filenames:'
    pos = searchindex.find(query)
    if pos < 0:
        raise ValueError('"filenames:" not found in search index')
    filenames = searchindex[pos + len(query) + 1:]
    filenames = filenames[:filenames.find(']')]
    filenames = [f.strip('"') for f in filenames.split(',')]

    return filenames, objects
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