rspw 0.1.1

A command line password generator written in rust
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use rand::rngs::OsRng;
use rand::Rng;
use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
use clap::Parser;
use rand::distributions::Distribution;

pub struct Special;
impl Distribution<u8> for Special {
    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> u8 {
        const CHARSET: &[u8] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
                                 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\
                                 0123456789\
                                 !\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~";
        
        // Using uniform distribution
        return CHARSET[rng.gen_range(0..CHARSET.len())]
    }
}

#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
#[command(author, version, about, arg_required_else_help = true)]
pub struct Arguments {
    /// length of the password [6-64]
    #[arg(short, value_parser = clap::value_parser!(u8).range(6..65))]
    length: u8,

    /// special characters 
    #[arg(short, long)]
    special: bool,
}

impl Arguments {
    pub fn init() -> Self {
        Arguments::parse()
    }

    pub fn generate_passwd(self) -> Result<String, &'static str> {
        if self.length < 6 || self.length > 64 {
            return Err("Second Argument needs to be a number in range [6, 64] e.g. 'rspw -l 16'.");
        }
        
        if !self.special {
            Ok(
                OsRng.sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
                    .take(self.length as usize)
                    .map(char::from).collect()
            )
        } else {
            Ok(
                OsRng.sample_iter(&Special)
                    .take(self.length as usize)
                    .map(char::from).collect()
            )
        }
    }
}