Macro gflags::define

macro_rules! define {
    ($($flag : tt) *) => { ... };
}

Entry point for registering a flag from any source file.

Examples

Please refer to the crate level documentation for several usage examples.

Grammar

The complete input grammar is as follows.

• Zero or more doc comments: /// .... These are rendered into the generated help text.

• Optional visibility specifier like pub or pub(crate). This controls the scope of code that is allowed to see the value of this flag. By default flags have private visibility, which is the default in Rust.

• Optional short name for the flag, like -v, followed by a comma.

• Long name for the flag, like --verbose. Long name is mandatory.

• Optional value-placeholder in angle brackets, like <FILE>. This is cosmetic and appears in generated help text.

• Optional value type preceded by colon, like : &str. Type is required if there is no default value or the default value is not a Rust string or boolean or integer literal.

• Optional default value preceded by equal-sign: = "default".

Invocation containing as few of the above as possible:

gflags::define! {
    --minimal1: bool
}

Another way to show as few as possible. Either type or default value must be specified.

gflags::define! {
    --minimal2 = "default value"
}

Showing everything at once:

gflags::define! {
    /// Documentation!
    pub -m, --maximal <VALUE>: u32 = path::to::DEFAULT
}