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15 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
mpeterv
babe715548 Change error messages for missing elements
* For arguments: "argument 'foo' is required" -> "missing argument 'foo'"
* For options: "option '--foo' must be used at least 1 time" ->
  "missing option '--foo'"
2015-10-30 15:13:30 +03:00
mpeterv
247c8a9cce Redesign argument storing
* Use state objects instead of tons of locals in the main
  function.
* Use actions for storing arguments into result table.
  Actions are now called at the end of each invocation,
  with result table, target index, arguments and overwrite flag as
  arguments.
* Remove command actions.
* Improve error messages, refer to options by the last used alias
  instead of the main name.

TODO:

* Improve error messages further ("argument 'foo' is required"
  -> "missing argument 'foo'", etc.).
* Add actions for positional arguments.
* Add actions for commands (should be called with final results
  after parsing is over, in "innermost first" order).
* Allow referring to built-in actions by strings a-la Python
  (e.g. action = "store_false").
* Allow setting initial value to be stored at target index
  for each option (perhaps use default value for that).
* Add more tests, particularly for actions.
2015-10-29 21:00:49 +03:00
mpeterv
ff9abac990 Allow using multiple constructor arguments for configuring elements
Disable undocumented ability to specify aliases as arguments
for constructors, e.g. parser:option("-f", "--foo"), and instead
order properties and pass constructor arguments to them.
E.g. parser:argument("foo", "A foo that bars") sets argument
name to foo and description to "A foo that bars".

TODO: remove "aliases" property, instead allow setting several
names in one string by separating them using space.
TODO: reorder properties so that most useful ones could be used
as constructor arguments.
2015-06-09 21:56:36 +03:00
mpeterv
59603d5f39 Fixed exploded tests to work with busted 2.0 2014-08-01 17:44:15 +04:00
mpeterv
ccad58ef50 return Parser as the module 2014-02-17 18:41:09 +04:00
mpeterv
e7aa042004 Fixed the charset of the current parser being used.
Now the global set of all control characters of all (sub)commands is used.
2014-02-09 00:18:00 +04:00
mpeterv
404ec5213a Added help message generation; Improved optional arguments handling. 2014-01-26 15:21:11 +04:00
mpeterv
c0039106f3 fixed tests: all printed data is quoted 2014-01-25 12:47:49 +04:00
mpeterv
e81aab8a5b fixed arguments from root parser not formatted 2014-01-19 15:11:09 +04:00
mpeterv
0e367c6f77 fixed ugly curry in tests 2014-01-19 14:28:08 +04:00
mpeterv
d492dc5e0f Finished working on new interface and stuff 2014-01-19 00:35:48 +04:00
mpeterv
1a52acca75 fixed test 5.1 compatibility 2014-01-13 19:01:42 +04:00
mpeterv
fe0b5f2874 renamed largparse -> argparse; imported testing setup from literal 2014-01-12 23:41:46 +04:00
mpeterv
aa0d5eae6d more tests 2014-01-06 15:08:33 +04:00
mpeterv
74029edae0 added some tests, fixed some wrong behaviours 2013-12-30 23:42:00 +04:00