Allow removal of default arguments (i.e. --help and --version)

The help and version arguments are still included by default, but which
default arguments to include can be overridden at ArgumentParser creation.

argparse generally copies Python argparse behavior.  This includes a
default `--help`/`-h` argument to print a help message and exit.  Some
developers using argparse find the automatic exit to be undesirable.

The Python argparse has an opt-out parameter when constructing an
ArgumentParser.  Using `add_help=False` avoids adding a default `--help`
argument and allows the developer to implement a custom help.

This commit adds a similar opt-out to our C++ argparse, but keeps the
current behavior as the default.  The `--help`/`-h` and `--version`/`-v`
Arguments handle their own output and exit rather than specially treating
them in ArgumentParser::parse_args_internal.

Closes #119
Closes #138
Closes #139

Signed-off-by: Sean Robinson <sean.robinson@scottsdalecc.edu>
This commit is contained in:
Sean Robinson 2021-10-26 12:58:24 -07:00
parent 2b05334a3c
commit ea1f7ef663
6 changed files with 125 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -455,6 +455,27 @@ The grammar follows `std::from_chars`, but does not exactly duplicate it. For ex
| 'u' | decimal (unsigned) |
| 'x' or 'X' | hexadecimal (unsigned) |
### Default Arguments
`argparse` provides predefined arguments and actions for `-h`/`--help` and `-v`/`--version`. These default actions exit the program after displaying a help or version message, respectively. These defaults arguments can be disabled during `ArgumentParser` creation so that you can handle these arguments in your own way. (Note that a program name and version must be included when choosing default arguments.)
```cpp
argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", "1.0", default_arguments::none);
program.add_argument("-h", "--help")
.action([=](const std::string& s) {
std::cout << help().str();
})
.default_value(false)
.help("shows help message")
.implicit_value(true)
.nargs(0);
```
The above code snippet outputs a help message and continues to run. It does not support a `--version` argument.
The default is `default_arguments::all` for included arguments. No default arguments will be added with `default_arguments::none`. `default_arguments::help` and `default_arguments::version` will individually add `--help` and `--version`.
### Gathering Remaining Arguments
`argparse` supports gathering "remaining" arguments at the end of the command, e.g., for use in a compiler:

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@ -312,6 +312,17 @@ template <class T> struct parse_number<T, chars_format::fixed> {
} // namespace details
enum class default_arguments : unsigned int {
none = 0,
help = 1,
version = 2,
all = help | version,
};
inline bool operator& (const default_arguments &a, const default_arguments &b) {
return static_cast<unsigned int>(a) & static_cast<unsigned int>(b);
}
class ArgumentParser;
class Argument {
@ -814,17 +825,32 @@ private:
class ArgumentParser {
public:
explicit ArgumentParser(std::string aProgramName = {},
std::string aVersion = "1.0")
std::string aVersion = "1.0",
default_arguments aArgs = default_arguments::all)
: mProgramName(std::move(aProgramName)), mVersion(std::move(aVersion)) {
add_argument("-h", "--help").help("shows help message and exits").nargs(0);
#ifndef ARGPARSE_LONG_VERSION_ARG_ONLY
add_argument("-v", "--version")
#else
add_argument("--version")
#endif
.help("prints version information and exits")
if (aArgs & default_arguments::help) {
add_argument("-h", "--help")
.action([&](const auto &) {
std::cout << help().str();
std::exit(0);
})
.default_value(false)
.help("shows help message and exits")
.implicit_value(true)
.nargs(0);
}
if (aArgs & default_arguments::version) {
add_argument("-v", "--version")
.action([&](const auto &) {
std::cout << mVersion;
std::exit(0);
})
.default_value(false)
.help("prints version information and exits")
.implicit_value(true)
.nargs(0);
}
}
ArgumentParser(ArgumentParser &&) noexcept = default;
ArgumentParser &operator=(ArgumentParser &&) = default;
@ -1051,18 +1077,6 @@ private:
auto tIterator = mArgumentMap.find(tCurrentArgument);
if (tIterator != mArgumentMap.end()) {
auto tArgument = tIterator->second;
// the first optional argument is --help
if (tArgument == mOptionalArguments.begin()) {
std::cout << *this;
std::exit(0);
}
// the second optional argument is --version
else if (tArgument == std::next(mOptionalArguments.begin(), 1)) {
std::cout << mVersion << "\n";
std::exit(0);
}
it = tArgument->consume(std::next(it), end, tIterator->first);
} else if (const auto &tCompoundArgument = tCurrentArgument;
tCompoundArgument.size() > 1 && tCompoundArgument[0] == '-' &&

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@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ file(GLOB ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES
test_compound_arguments.cpp
test_container_arguments.cpp
test_const_correct.cpp
test_default_args.cpp
test_get.cpp
test_help.cpp
test_invalid_arguments.cpp

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@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
#include <doctest.hpp>
using doctest::test_suite;
TEST_CASE("Include all default arguments" * test_suite("default_args")) {
argparse::ArgumentParser parser("test");
auto help_msg { parser.help().str() };
REQUIRE(help_msg.find("shows help message") != std::string::npos);
REQUIRE(help_msg.find("prints version information") != std::string::npos);
}
TEST_CASE("Do not include default arguments" * test_suite("default_args")) {
argparse::ArgumentParser parser("test", "1.0",
argparse::default_arguments::none);
parser.parse_args({"test"});
REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(parser.get("--help"), std::logic_error);
REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(parser.get("--version"), std::logic_error);
}

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@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
#include <doctest.hpp>
#include <sstream>
using doctest::test_suite;
@ -51,3 +52,26 @@ TEST_CASE("Users can override the help options" * test_suite("help")) {
}
}
}
TEST_CASE("Users can disable default -h/--help" * test_suite("help")) {
argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", "1.0",
argparse::default_arguments::version);
REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(program.parse_args({"test", "-h"}), std::runtime_error);
}
TEST_CASE("Users can replace default -h/--help" * test_suite("help")) {
argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", "1.0",
argparse::default_arguments::version);
std::stringstream buffer;
program.add_argument("-h", "--help")
.action([&](const auto &) {
buffer << program;
})
.default_value(false)
.implicit_value(true)
.nargs(0);
REQUIRE(buffer.str().empty());
program.parse_args({"test", "--help"});
REQUIRE_FALSE(buffer.str().empty());
}

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@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#include <doctest.hpp>
#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
#include <sstream>
using doctest::test_suite;
@ -11,3 +12,28 @@ TEST_CASE("Users can print version and exit" * test_suite("version")
program.parse_args( { "test", "--version" });
REQUIRE(program.get("--version") == "1.9.0");
}
TEST_CASE("Users can disable default -v/--version" * test_suite("version")) {
argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", "1.0",
argparse::default_arguments::help);
REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(program.parse_args({"test", "--version"}),
std::runtime_error);
}
TEST_CASE("Users can replace default -v/--version" * test_suite("version")) {
std::string version { "3.1415" };
argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", version,
argparse::default_arguments::help);
std::stringstream buffer;
program.add_argument("-v", "--version")
.action([&](const auto &) {
buffer << version;
})
.default_value(true)
.implicit_value(false)
.nargs(0);
REQUIRE(buffer.str().empty());
program.parse_args({"test", "--version"});
REQUIRE_FALSE(buffer.str().empty());
}