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6 | 6 | `argparse` is a flexible utility for [D programming language](https://dlang.org/) to parse command line arguments. |
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8 | 8 | > [!WARNING] |
9 | | -> :warning: Please be aware that current HEAD contains breaking changes comparing to 1.* |
| 9 | +> :warning: Version 2.* contains breaking changes comparing to 1.* - see [change log](https://github.com/andrey-zherikov/argparse/releases) for details |
10 | 10 | > |
11 | 11 | > :warning: This includes changes in documentation - documentation for 1.* version is [here](https://github.com/andrey-zherikov/argparse/blob/release/1.x/README.md) |
12 | 12 |
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13 | | -## Changes since 1.* version |
14 | | - |
15 | | -<details> |
16 | | -<summary>Changelog</summary> |
17 | | - |
18 | | -### Breaking changes |
19 | | - |
20 | | -* Changes in `Config`: |
21 | | - |
22 | | - * Custom error handler function (`Config.errorHandler`) now receives message text with ANSI styling if styling is enabled. One can use `argparse.ansi.getUnstyledText` function to remove any styling - this function returns a range of unstyled `string` objects which can be used as is or `join`'ed into a string if needed: `message.getUnstyledText.join`. |
23 | | - |
24 | | - * `Config.addHelp` is renamed to `Config.addHelpArgument`. |
25 | | - |
26 | | - * `Config.arraySep` is renamed to `Config.valueSep`. |
27 | | - |
28 | | - * `Config.caseSensitive` is replaced with `Config.caseSensitiveShortName`, `Config.caseSensitiveLongName` and `Config.caseSensitiveSubCommand`. |
29 | | - There is also a "new" `Config.caseSensitive` function/property helper that sets all above settings to a specific value. |
30 | | - |
31 | | - * `Config.endOfArgs` is renamed to `Config.endOfNamedArgs`. |
32 | | - |
33 | | - * `Config.helpStyle` is renamed to `Config.styling`. |
34 | | - |
35 | | - * `Config.namedArgChar` is replaced with `Config.shortNamePrefix` and `Config.longNamePrefix`. |
36 | | - |
37 | | - * `Config.stylingMode` remains unchanged even if it was set to `autodetect`. One should check `ansiStylingArgument.stdoutStyling` |
38 | | - or `ansiStylingArgument.stderrStyling` to determine whether styling should be enabled. |
39 | | - |
40 | | -* `Style.namedArgumentName` is renamed to `Style.argumentName`. |
41 | | - |
42 | | -* Underlying type of `ansiStylingArgument` argument is changed. It supports detection and tracking of styling for stdout and stderr |
43 | | - separately: use `ansiStylingArgument.stdoutStyling` and `ansiStylingArgument.stderrStyling` for this. |
44 | | - Also it can be cast to boolean which is an equivalent to `ansiStylingArgument.stdoutStyling`. |
45 | | - |
46 | | - So if you use it: |
47 | | - ```d |
48 | | - static auto color = ansiStylingArgument; |
49 | | - ``` |
50 | | - then you should replace |
51 | | - ```d |
52 | | - if(args.color == Config.StylingMode.on) |
53 | | - ``` |
54 | | - with |
55 | | - ```d |
56 | | - if(args.color) |
57 | | - // or |
58 | | - if(args.color.stdoutStyling) |
59 | | - // or |
60 | | - if(ansiStylingArgument.stdoutStyling) |
61 | | - ``` |
62 | | - |
63 | | -* `@SubCommands` UDA is removed. One should use `SubCommand` template instead of `SumType`. |
64 | | - All calls to `std.sumtype.match` should be replaced with `matchCmd`. |
65 | | - |
66 | | - Simply replace |
67 | | - ```d |
68 | | - @SubCommands SumType!(CMD1, CMD2, Default!CMD3) cmd; |
69 | | - ... |
70 | | - cmd.match!...; |
71 | | - ``` |
72 | | - with |
73 | | - ```d |
74 | | - SubCommand!(CMD1, CMD2, Default!CMD3) cmd; |
75 | | - ... |
76 | | - cmd.matchCmd!...; |
77 | | - ``` |
78 | | - |
79 | | -* `@TrailingArguments` UDA is removed: all command line parameters that appear after double-dash `--` are considered as positional arguments. |
80 | | - So if those parameters are to be parsed, use `@PositionalArgument` instead of `@TrailingArguments`. |
81 | | - |
82 | | -* Functions for parsing customization (`PreValidation`, `Parse`, `Validation` and `Action`) now accept functions as runtime parameters instead of template arguments |
83 | | - |
84 | | - For example, replace this |
85 | | - ```d |
86 | | - .Parse !((string s) { return cast(char) s[1]; }) |
87 | | - .Validation!((char v) { return v >= '0' && v <= '9'; }) |
88 | | - ``` |
89 | | - with |
90 | | - ```d |
91 | | - .Parse ((string s) { return cast(char) s[1]; }) |
92 | | - .Validation((char v) { return v >= '0' && v <= '9'; }) |
93 | | - ``` |
94 | | - |
95 | | -* `HideFromHelp` is renamed to `Hidden` and now also hides an argument from shell completion. |
96 | | - |
97 | | -* `AllowedValues` now accepts values as run-time parameters, not as template parameters. |
98 | | - |
99 | | - For example, replace this |
100 | | - ```d |
101 | | - .AllowedValues!(["value1", "value2", value3"]) |
102 | | - ``` |
103 | | - with |
104 | | - ```d |
105 | | - .AllowedValues("value1", "value2", value3") |
106 | | - ``` |
107 | | - |
108 | | -* `AllowNoValue` now accepts a value as run-time parameter, not as template parameter. |
109 | | - |
110 | | - For example, replace this |
111 | | - ```d |
112 | | - .AllowNoValue!"myvalue" |
113 | | - ``` |
114 | | - with |
115 | | - ```d |
116 | | - .AllowNoValue("myvalue") |
117 | | - ``` |
118 | | - |
119 | | -* `RequireNoValue` is renamed to `ForceNoValue` and now accepts a value as run-time parameter, not as template parameter. |
120 | | - |
121 | | - For example, replace this |
122 | | - ```d |
123 | | - .RequireNoValue!"myvalue" |
124 | | - ``` |
125 | | - with |
126 | | - ```d |
127 | | - .ForceNoValue("myvalue") |
128 | | - ``` |
129 | | - |
130 | | -* `ArgumentValue` is renamed to `AllowedValues`. |
131 | | - |
132 | | - For example, replace this |
133 | | - ```d |
134 | | - .ArgumentValue("value1", "value2") |
135 | | - ``` |
136 | | - with |
137 | | - ```d |
138 | | - .AllowedValues("value1", "value2") |
139 | | - ``` |
140 | | - |
141 | | -* `parseArgs` template functions that received `newMain` template argument was removed. One should use either `main` template mixin |
142 | | - or non-templated `Result parseArgs(ref COMMAND receiver, string[] args)` function. |
143 | | - |
144 | | -* Removed `Result.Error(T...)(string msg, T extraArgs)` function. Users should explicitly specify result code using |
145 | | - `Result.Error(T...)(int resultCode, string msg, T extraArgs)`. |
146 | | - |
147 | | -* Dropped support for DMD-2.099. |
148 | | - |
149 | | -### Enhancements and bug fixes |
150 | | - |
151 | | -* Parsing procedure follows [POSIX.1-2024](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/) meaning that `argparse` now |
152 | | - allows at most one value per appearance of named argument in command line. This means that `prog --param value1 value2` |
153 | | - is not working anymore by default - `--param` must be repeated: `prog --param value1 --param value2`. |
154 | | - However, `prog --param value1,value2` still works. |
155 | | - |
156 | | - To make `argparse` 2.* behave like 1.*, one should set `Config.variadicNamedArgument` to true. |
157 | | - See [documentation](https://andrey-zherikov.github.io/argparse/config.html#variadicNamedArgument) for details. |
158 | | - |
159 | | -* Fix for `Command()` UDA: `ArrayIndexError` is not thrown anymore. |
160 | | - |
161 | | -* Error messages are printed with `Config.styling` and now have the same styling as help text. |
162 | | - |
163 | | -* New `errorMessagePrefix` member in `Config.styling` that determines the style of "Error:" prefix in error messages. This prefix is printed in red by default. |
164 | | - |
165 | | -* New checks: |
166 | | - * Argument is not allowed to be in multiple argument groups. |
167 | | - * Subcommand name can't start with `Config.shortNamePrefix` (dash `-` by default) or `Config.longNamePrefix` (double-dash `--` by default). |
168 | | - |
169 | | -* Functions for parsing customization (`PreValidation`, `Parse`, `Validation` and `Action`) can now return `Result` through `Result.Success` or `Result.Error` and provide error message if needed. |
170 | | - |
171 | | -* Fixes for bundling of single-letter arguments. |
172 | | - For example, the following cases are supported for `bool b; string s;` arguments: |
173 | | - * `./prog -b -s=abc` |
174 | | - * `./prog -b -s abc` |
175 | | - * `./prog -b -sabc` |
176 | | - * `./prog -bsabc` |
177 | | - * `./prog -bs=abc` |
178 | | - |
179 | | -* Fixes for parsing of multiple values. Only these formats are supported: |
180 | | - * `./prog --arg value1 value2 value3` |
181 | | - * `./prog --arg=value1,value2,value3` |
182 | | - |
183 | | -* Values of multi-value positional argument can now be interleaved with named arguments. |
184 | | - For example, the following is the same when `arg1` and `arg2` are values for single `string[] args` positional argument: |
185 | | - * `--flag arg1 arg2` |
186 | | - * `arg1 --flag arg2` |
187 | | - * `arg1 arg2 --flag` |
188 | | - |
189 | | -* Long and short names of arguments are now separated: |
190 | | - * Short names are single-character names by default. This can be overridden by explicitly specifying short and long names in `NamedArgument` UDA. |
191 | | - * Short names can be specified with short prefix only (e.g. `-`). |
192 | | - * Long names can be specified with long prefix only (e.g. `--`). |
193 | | - |
194 | | -* Removed support for delegate in `Config.errorHandler`, `Description`, `ShortDescription`, `Usage` and `Epilog` because of compiler's `closures are not yet supported in CTFE`. |
195 | | - |
196 | | -* Added new `Config.assignKeyValueChar` parameter to customize assign character in `key=value` syntax for arguments with associative array type. |
197 | | - |
198 | | -* Added new `Config.errorExitCode` parameter to customize exit code in case of parsing error. |
199 | | - |
200 | | -* Added support of `@PositionalArgument` without explicit position. In this case positions are determined in the order of declarations of members. |
201 | | - |
202 | | -* Added support for environment fallback, so adding `EnvFallback("VAR")` to an argument would automatically populate the argument with the content |
203 | | - of the `VAR` environment variable if nothing is provided on the command line. |
204 | | - |
205 | | -* Fix for empty argument values: they are now non-null empty strings (`""` instead of `string.init` before). |
206 | | - |
207 | | -* Added support for classes. |
208 | | - |
209 | | -### Other changes |
210 | | - |
211 | | -* Removed dependency on `std.regex`. |
212 | | -* New code base: library implementation is almost fully rewritten (public API was not changed in this effort). Unnecessary templates were replaced with regular functions. As a result, compilation time and memory usage were improved: 2x better for `dub build` and 4x better for `dub test`. |
213 | | -* [New documentation](https://andrey-zherikov.github.io/argparse/) |
214 | | -</details> |
215 | | - |
216 | 13 |
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217 | 14 | ## Features |
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