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//! A featherweight toolkit to help iterate over long and short commandline
//! arguments concisely. It's a comfy middleground between bloated libraries
//! like `clap` and painstakingly hacking something together yourself for each
//! new project.
//!
//! It doesn't handle taking positional arguments, but you can manually consume
//! later values in order of appearance. Do you really need bloated proc macros
//! when collecting arguments can be simplified to a `.next()`? You have zero
//! indication of what's going on under the hood, so you can't implement your
//! own behaviour.
//!
//! All the functionality boils down to `(&str).as_arg()`, which checks if the
//! string begins with `-` or `--`, and returns an appropriate iterator for
//! either a single long argument or each grouped short argument.
//! Putting it in practice, the most basic code looks like this:
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! let mut argv = std::env::args();
//! // Skip executable
//! argv.next();
//! // For each separate argument
//! while let Some(args) = argv.next() {
//! // For the single long argument or each combined short argument
//! for arg in args.as_arg() {
//! match arg {
//! Argument::Long("help") | Argument::Short("h") => {
//! eprintln!("{HELP_TEXT}");
//! },
//! Argument::Long("value") | Argument::Short("v") => {
//! let value: isize = argv.next()?.parse()?;
//! do_something(value);
//! },
//! unknown => {
//! eprintln!("Unknown argument {unknown}");
//! }
//! }
//! }
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! Note that in this case it is best to use `while let Some(var) = iter.next()`
//! over `for var in iter`. This is because `for` actually takes ownership of
//! the iterator, so you can't go to the next argument in the match body to grab
//! a positional value with a simple `iter.next().unwrap()`.
//!
//! ---
//!
//! That's still a lot of boilerplate. To make it a bit narrower, [`Argument`]s
//! can be constructed with the [`arg`] macro:
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! assert_eq!(Argument::Long("long"), arg!(--long));
//! assert_eq!(Argument::Short("s"), arg!(-s));
//! assert_eq!(Argument::Bare("other"), arg!("other"));
//!
//! match arg {
//! arg!(--help) | arg!(-h) => {
//! ...
//! },
//! arg!(--a-long-argument) => {
//! ...
//! },
//! _ => {},
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! Usually you match both one long and short argument at once, so you can also
//! combine exactly one of each in `arg!(--help | -h)` or `arg!(-h | --help)`.
//!
//! ---
//!
//! There's still a few layers of indentation that can be cut down on though,
//! since they would rarely change. You can replace the `for` and `match` with a
//! single [`match_arg`]:
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! let mut argv = std::env::args();
//! // Skip executable
//! argv.next();
//! while let Some(args) = argv.next() {
//! match_arg!(args; {
//! arg!(-h | --help) => {
//! ...
//! },
//! _ => {},
//! });
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! Or if you don't need any control between the `while` and `for`, you can cut
//! right to the meat of the logic and opt for [`for_args`]:
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! let mut argv = std::env::args();
//! // Skip executable
//! argv.next();
//! for_args!(argv; {
//! arg!(-h | --help) => {
//! ...
//! },
//! _ => {},
//! });
//! ```
//!
//! Note that if you need to match (secret?) arguments with spaces, funky
//! characters Rust doesn't recognize as part of an identifier (excluding dashes
//! which there's an edge case for), or if you want to match arbitrary long,
//! short, or bare arguments separately, you'll need to manually construct
//! `Argument::Long(var)`, `Argument::Short(var)`, or `Argument::Bare(var)`.
//!
//! If you're wondering why the `Short` variant carries a `&str` rather than a
//! `char`, it's to make it possible to bind them to the same `match` variable,
//! and also because macros in [`arg`] can't convert `ident`s into a `char`.
//! If you accidentally try matching `arg!(-abc)`, _it will silently fail,_ and
//! there can't be any checks for it. Blame Rust I guess.
use std::{ iter, fmt, };
/// Quick way to contruct [`Argument`]s. Supports long and short arguments by
/// prepending one or two dashes, or "bare" arguments that aren't classified as
/// either long or short.
///
/// Long arguments support anything Rust considers an "identifier" (variable
/// name), separated by at most one dash. For example `arg!(--long)` or
/// `arg!(--long-arg)` are valid, but `arg!(--long--arg)` isn't.
///
/// Short arguments must only be one character long (eg. `arg!(-a)`). This
/// requirement _isn't checked_ due to limitations of `macro_rules`, and I'm not
/// writing an entire proc macro crate for one shortcut.
/// If you use more than one character, it won't ever be matched.
///
/// In a match block, you can "or" exactly one long and short argument like
/// `arg!(-h | --help)`, which is equivalent to `arg!(-h) | arg!(--help)`.
///
/// Bare arguments (anything not valid as a long or short) must be quoted, for
/// example `arg!("bare-argument")`. Putting one or two dashes in front of the
/// argument will never match as it'd be recognized as a valid argument, but
/// three would be parsed as a bare (eg. `arg!("---lol")`).
///
/// The `arg!(+...)` syntax is used internally to combine Rust identifiers
/// separated by dashes.
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! arg {
// Long and short arguments together
(-- $($long:ident)-+ | - $short:ident) => {
arg!(-- $($long)-+) | arg!(- $short)
};
(- $short:ident | -- $($long:ident)-+) => {
arg!(- $short) | arg!(-- $($long)-+)
};
// Long argument
(-- $($a:ident)-+) => {
$crate::Argument::Long(arg!(+ $($a)-+))
};
// Short argument
(- $a:ident) => {
$crate::Argument::Short(stringify!($a))
};
// Anything else to match to
($a:literal) => {
$crate::Argument::Bare($a)
};
// If long argument contains dashes, combine them using `arg!(+...)`
(+ $first:ident) => {
stringify!($first)
};
(+ $first:ident - $($next:ident)-+) => {
concat!(stringify!($first), "-", arg!(+ $($next)-+))
};
}
/// Matches each part of a single argument - once if it's a long argument (eg.
/// `--help`), or for each character of combined short arguments (eg. `-abc`).
///
/// Expands to:
///
/// ```rust,ignore
/// for arg in $str.as_arg() {
/// match arg { $match }
/// }S
/// ```
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! match_arg {
($str:expr; $match:tt) => {
for __ak_arg in $str.as_arg() {
match __ak_arg $match
}
}
}
/// Matches each part of each argument in a `&str` iterator (like `env::args`),
/// using the [`match_arg`] macro.
///
/// Expands to:
///
/// ```rust,ignore
/// while let Some(args) in $iter.next() {
/// for arg in args.as_arg() {
/// match arg { $match }
/// }
/// }
/// ```
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! for_args {
($iter:expr; $match:tt) => {
while let Some(__ak_args) = $iter.next() {
$crate::match_arg!(__ak_args; $match)
}
}
}
/// A single argument that can be matched from an [`ArgumentIterator`].
#[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
pub enum Argument<'a> {
/// A long argument without the leading dashes.
/// `Argument::Long("help") == arg!(--help)`
Long(&'a str),
/// A short argument without the leading dash.
/// `Argument::Short("h") == arg!(-h)`
///
/// Important to note that it must be only 1 character long or it
/// will never match, but for ergonimic reasons it is actually a `&str`.
Short(&'a str),
/// Raw string of anything else passed as an argument, whether it has zero
/// or three dashes.
/// `Argument::Bare("---yeet") == arg!("---yeet")`
///
/// Exists as an alternative to putting parsed arguments in a `Result`.
Bare(&'a str),
}
impl fmt::Display for Argument<'_> {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match self {
Self::Long(long) => write!(f, "--{long}"),
Self::Short(short) => write!(f, "-{short}"),
Self::Bare(bare) => write!(f, "{bare}"),
}
}
}
impl Argument<'_> {
pub fn is_long(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self, Self::Long(_))
}
pub fn is_short(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self, Self::Short(_))
}
pub fn is_bare(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self, Self::Bare(_))
}
}
/// An iterator over a string's arguments - equivalent to an `iter::once(&str)`
/// if the argument is long or bare, or `str::chars()` for each combined short
/// argument (except returning `&str`s for ergonomic reasons).
///
/// Constructed with `(&str).as_arg()` (see [`AsArgumentIterator`]).
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct ArgumentIterator<'a>(ArgumentIteratorState<'a>);
/// Private state of an iterator. Implementation is horrible, please don't look
/// at it.
#[derive(Clone)]
enum ArgumentIteratorState<'a> {
Long(Option<&'a str>),
Short(&'a str),
Bare(Option<&'a str>),
}
impl<'a> iter::Iterator for ArgumentIterator<'a> {
type Item = Argument<'a>;
fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
match self.0 {
ArgumentIteratorState::Long(ref mut long) => Some(Argument::Long(long.take()?)),
ArgumentIteratorState::Short(ref mut short) => {
let (one, rest) = short.split_at_checked(1)?;
*short = rest;
Some(Argument::Short(one))
},
ArgumentIteratorState::Bare(ref mut bare) => Some(Argument::Bare(bare.take()?)),
}
}
}
pub trait AsArgumentIterator {
fn as_arg<'a>(&'a self) -> ArgumentIterator<'a>;
}
impl AsArgumentIterator for str {
fn as_arg<'a>(&'a self) -> ArgumentIterator<'a> {
if self.starts_with("---") {
return ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Bare(Some(self)));
}
if let Some(long) = self.strip_prefix("--") {
if long.is_empty() {
ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Bare(Some(self)))
} else {
ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Long(Some(long)))
}
} else if let Some(short) = self.strip_prefix("-") {
if short.is_empty() {
ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Bare(Some(self)))
} else {
ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Short(short))
}
} else {
ArgumentIterator(ArgumentIteratorState::Bare(Some(self)))
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn long() {
let long_arg = "--help";
let mut long_iter = long_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), Some(arg!(--help)));
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn short() {
let short_arg = "-abc";
let mut short_iter = short_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), Some(arg!(-a)));
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), Some(arg!(-b)));
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), Some(arg!(-c)));
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn long_no_ident() {
let long_arg = "--";
let mut long_iter = long_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), Some(arg!("--")));
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn short_no_ident() {
let short_arg = "-";
let mut short_iter = short_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), Some(arg!("-")));
assert_eq!(short_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn long_with_dash() {
let long_arg = "--abc-def";
let mut long_iter = long_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), Some(arg!(--abc-def)));
assert_eq!(long_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn no_dashes() {
let other_arg = "yeet";
let mut other_iter = other_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(other_iter.next(), Some(arg!("yeet")));
assert_eq!(other_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn three_dashes() {
let other_arg = "---yeet";
let mut other_iter = other_arg.as_arg();
assert_eq!(other_iter.next(), Some(arg!("---yeet")));
assert_eq!(other_iter.next(), None);
}
#[test]
fn match_long() {
let mut state = false;
match_arg!("--hello"; {
arg!(--hello) => {
assert_eq!(state, false);
state = true;
},
_ => panic!(),
});
}
#[test]
fn match_short() {
let mut state = 0;
match_arg!("-abc"; {
arg!(-a) => {
assert_eq!(state, 0);
state = 1;
},
arg!(-b) => {
assert_eq!(state, 1);
state = 2;
},
arg!(-c) => {
assert_eq!(state, 2);
state = 3;
},
_ => panic!(),
});
}
#[test]
fn for_long_short_bare() {
let mut args = ["-a", "not_an_arg", "--blah", "-cd"].into_iter();
let mut state = 0;
for_args!(args; {
arg!(-a | --blah) => {
state = match state {
0 => 1,
2 => 3,
_ => panic!(),
}
},
arg!("not_an_arg") | arg!(-d) => {
state = match state {
1 => 2,
4 => 5,
_ => panic!(),
}
},
arg!(-c) => {
assert_eq!(state, 3);
state = 4;
},
_ => panic!(),
});
}
}