Module bpaf::_unusual

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Some of the more unusual examples

While bpaf’s design tries to cover most common use cases, mostly posix conventions, it can also handle some more unusual requirements. It might come at a cost of having to write more code, more confusing error messages or worse performance, but it will get the job done.

Modules

Implementing cargo commands
Command chaining: setup.py sdist bdist
dd(1): dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1000
find(1): find -exec commands -flags terminated by \;
Multi-value arguments: --foo ARG1 ARG2 ARG3
Multi-value arguments with optional flags: --foo ARG1 --flag --inner ARG2
Skipping optional positional items if parsing or validation fails
Structure groups: --foo --foo-1 ARG1 --foo-2 ARG2 --foo-3 ARG3
Xorg(1): Xorg +xinerama +extension name