add more features to argparse

can now add git [name] [args] type calls

include/blt/parse/argparse.h

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace blt
             }
             
             // returns the first flag that starts with '--' otherwise return the first '-' flag
-            [[nodiscard]] std::string getFirstFullFlag();
+            [[nodiscard]] std::string getFirstFullFlag() const;
     };
     
     class arg_nargs_t
@@ -127,13 +127,22 @@ namespace blt
             std::string a_version{};
             std::string a_metavar{};
             bool a_required = true;
+            bool a_disable_help = false;
     };
     
     class arg_builder
     {
+        private:
             arg_properties_t properties;
         public:
-            arg_builder(const arg_vector_t& flags): properties(flags)
+            explicit arg_builder(const arg_vector_t& flags): properties(flags)
+            {}
+            
+            arg_builder(const std::initializer_list<std::string>& flags): properties(flags)
+            {}
+            
+            template<typename... string_args>
+            explicit arg_builder(string_args... flags): properties({flags...})
             {}
             
             inline arg_properties_t build()
@@ -171,6 +180,12 @@ namespace blt
                 return *this;
             }
             
+            inline arg_builder& disableHelp()
+            {
+                properties.a_disable_help = true;
+                return *this;
+            }
+            
             inline arg_builder& setHelp(const std::string& help)
             {
                 properties.a_help = help;
@@ -203,7 +218,7 @@ namespace blt
             std::vector<std::string> args;
             size_t currentIndex = 0;
         public:
-            arg_tokenizer(std::vector<std::string> args): args(std::move(args))
+            explicit arg_tokenizer(std::vector<std::string> args): args(std::move(args))
             {}
             
             // returns the current arg
@@ -265,11 +280,11 @@ namespace blt
                     friend arg_parse;
                 private:
                     // stores dest value not the flag/name!
-                    HASHSET<std::string> found_args;
+                    HASHSET <std::string> found_args;
                     std::vector<std::string> unrecognized_args;
                 public:
                     std::string program_name;
-                    HASHMAP<std::string, arg_data_t> data;
+                    HASHMAP <std::string, arg_data_t> data;
                     
                     inline arg_data_t& operator[](const std::string& key)
                     {
@@ -296,8 +311,11 @@ namespace blt
                     }
             } loaded_args;
             
+            bool help_disabled = false;
+            std::string help_inclusion;
         private:
             static std::string getMetavar(const arg_properties_t* const& arg);
+            
             static std::string getFlagHelp(const arg_properties_t* const& arg);
             
             static bool takesArgs(const arg_properties_t* const& arg);
@@ -319,6 +337,8 @@ namespace blt
             
             void processFlag(arg_tokenizer& tokenizer, const std::string& flag);
             
+            void handleFlag(arg_tokenizer& tokenizer, const std::string& flag, const arg_properties_t* properties);
+        
         public:
             
             template<typename T>
@@ -398,6 +418,11 @@ namespace blt
                 user_args.max_line_length = size;
             }
             
+            inline void setHelpExtras(std::string str)
+            {
+                help_inclusion = std::move(str);
+            }
+            
             static std::string filename(const std::string& path);
             
             ~arg_parse()

libraries/parallel-hashmap

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 93201da2ba5a6aba0a6e57ada64973555629b3e3
+Subproject commit 77cab8192a879e5d27188f97e8f2080dd7e36ca8

src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace blt
             name = str;
     }
     
-    std::string arg_vector_t::getFirstFullFlag()
+    std::string arg_vector_t::getFirstFullFlag() const
     {
         // assign flag so it always exists, will be first '-' flag if we fail to find a '--' flag
         std::string flag = flags[0];
@@ -231,8 +231,26 @@ namespace blt
             loaded_args.unrecognized_args.push_back(tokenizer.get());
         else
         {
-            loaded_args.data[user_args.name_associations[index]->a_dest] = tokenizer.get();
+            bool found = false;
-            loaded_args.found_args.insert(user_args.name_associations[index]->a_dest);
+            for (const auto& pos_properties : user_args.name_associations)
+            {
+                const auto& flag = tokenizer.get();
+                if (pos_properties->a_flags.contains(flag))
+                {
+                    tokenizer.advance();
+                    handleFlag(tokenizer, flag, pos_properties);
+                    found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!found)
+            {
+                const auto& arg_property = user_args.name_associations[index];
+                if (arg_property->a_disable_help)
+                    help_disabled = true;
+                loaded_args.data[arg_property->a_dest] = tokenizer.get();
+                loaded_args.found_args.insert(arg_property->a_dest);
+            }
         }
         tokenizer.advance();
     }
@@ -282,6 +300,11 @@ namespace blt
         
         const auto* const properties = user_args.flag_associations.at(flag);
         
+        handleFlag(tokenizer, flag, properties);
+    }
+    
+    void arg_parse::handleFlag(arg_tokenizer& tokenizer, const std::string& flag, const arg_properties_t* properties)
+    {
         if (properties->a_dest.empty())
         {
             loaded_args.unrecognized_args.push_back(flag);
@@ -291,6 +314,9 @@ namespace blt
         
         loaded_args.found_args.insert(dest);
         
+        if (properties->a_disable_help)
+            help_disabled = true;
+        
         switch (properties->a_action)
         {
             case arg_action_t::HELP:
@@ -438,6 +464,8 @@ namespace blt
     
     void arg_parse::printHelp() const
     {
+        if (help_disabled)
+            return;
         if (!user_args.prefix.empty())
         {
             std::cout << "\n";
@@ -452,7 +480,8 @@ namespace blt
         {
             if (!arg->a_flags.isFlag())
                 max_length = std::max(arg->a_flags.name.size(), max_length);
-            else {
+            else
+            {
                 auto tmp = getFlagHelp(arg);
                 max_length = std::max(tmp.size(), max_length);
             }
@@ -495,7 +524,9 @@ namespace blt
     
     void arg_parse::printUsage() const
     {
-        std::string usage = "Usage: " + filename(loaded_args.program_name) + " ";
+        if (help_disabled)
+            return;
+        std::string usage = "Usage: " + filename(loaded_args.program_name) + " " + help_inclusion + " ";
         std::cout << usage;
         size_t current_line_length = 0;
         
@@ -566,7 +597,7 @@ namespace blt
             }
             tmp += ", ";
         }
-        tmp = tmp.substr(0, tmp.size()-2);
+        tmp = tmp.substr(0, tmp.size() - 2);
         return tmp;
     }
 }