clip/flag

Functions for building Flags. A Flag is a named option with no associated value, such as --debug. A Flag produces True when present and False when not present.

Types

Flag

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pub opaque type Flag

Values

help

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pub fn help(flag: Flag, help: String) -> Flag

Add help text to a Flag.

new

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pub fn new(name: String) -> Flag

Create a new Flag with the provided name. Flags always produce a Bool – True if present and False if not present.

short

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pub fn short(flag: Flag, short: String) -> Flag

Add a short name for the given Flag. Short names are provided at the command line with a single - as a prefix.

  clip.command(fn(a) { a })
  |> clip.flag(flag.new("debug") |> flag.short("d"))
  |> clip.run(["-d"])

// Ok(True)