fix positional handling

src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim

@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ proc bb*(cli: HwylCliHelp): BbString =
 type
   Count* = object ## Count type for an incrementing flag
     val*: int
+  KV*[X,Y] = object ## basic key value type
+    key*: X
+    val*: Y
+  KVString* = KV[string, string]
 
 type
   CliSetting* = enum
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ type
     ident*: NimNode
     default*: NimNode
     typeNode*: NimNode
+    node*: NimNode
     short*: char
     long*: string
     help*: NimNode
@@ -173,21 +178,25 @@ type
   CliHelp = object
     header*, footer*, description*, usage*, styles*: NimNode
 
+  CliArg = object
+
   CliCfg = object
     name*: string
-    alias*: HashSet[string]
+    alias*: HashSet[string] # only supported in subcommands
+    version*: NimNode
     stopWords*: seq[string]
     help: CliHelp
-    hidden*: seq[string]
-    subcommands: seq[CliCfg]
+    defaultFlagType: NimNode
+    required*: seq[string]
     settings*: set[CliSetting]
+    subName*: string # used for help generator
+    subcommands: seq[CliCfg]
     preSub*, postSub*, pre*, post*, run*: NimNode
-    subName*: string # used for help the generator
-    version*: NimNode
+    hidden*: seq[string]
+    args*: seq[CliArg]
     flags*: seq[CliFlag]
     builtinFlags*: seq[BuiltinFlag]
     flagDefs*: seq[CliFlag]
-    required*: seq[string]
     inherit*: Inherit
     root*: bool
 
@@ -256,12 +265,14 @@ func parseFlagParams(f: var CliFlag, node: NimNode) =
         f.ident = getFlagParamNode(n).strVal.ident
       of "T":
         f.typeNode = n[1]
+      of "node":
+        f.node = n[1]
       else:
         error "unexpected setting: " & n[0].strVal
     else:
       bad(n, "flag params")
 
-func startFlag(f: var CliFlag, n: NimNode) =
+func newFlag(f: var CliFlag, n: NimNode) =
   f.name =
     case n[0].kind
     of nnkIdent, nnkStrLit: n[0].strVal
@@ -280,11 +291,12 @@ func parseCliFlag(n: NimNode): CliFlag =
   if n.kind notin [nnkCommand, nnkCall]:
     bad(n, "flags")
 
-  startFlag(result, n)
+  newFlag(result, n)
   # option "some help desc"
   if n.kind  == nnkCommand:
     result.help = n[1]
   # option:
+  #   T string
   #   help "some help description"
   else:
     parseFlagParams(result, n[1])
@@ -294,7 +306,14 @@ func parseCliFlag(n: NimNode): CliFlag =
   if result.typeNode == nil:
     result.typeNode = ident"bool"
 
-# TODO: change how this works?
+func postParse(cfg: var CliCfg) =
+  let defaultTypeNode = cfg.defaultFlagType or ident"bool"
+  for f in cfg.flagDefs.mitems:
+    if f.typeNode == nil:
+      f.typeNode = defaultTypeNode
+    if f.group in ["", "global"]:
+      cfg.flags.add f
+
 func parseCliFlags(cfg: var  CliCfg, node: NimNode) =
   var group: string
   expectKind node, nnkStmtList
@@ -323,10 +342,8 @@ func parseCliFlags(cfg: var  CliCfg, node: NimNode) =
       of nnkIdent, nnkStrLit:
         cfg.inherit.flags.add n[1].strval
       else: bad(n, "flag")
-
     else: bad(n, "flag")
 
-  cfg.flags = cfg.flagDefs.filterIt(it.group in ["", "global"])
 
 func parseCliSetting(s: string): CliSetting =
   try: parseEnum[CliSetting](s)
@@ -504,8 +521,6 @@ func propagate(c: var CliCfg) =
     child.inheritFrom(c)
     propagate(child)
 
-
-
 func parseCliHelp(c: var CliCfg, node: NimNode) =
   ## some possible DSL inputs:
   ##
@@ -600,13 +615,16 @@ func parseCliBody(body: NimNode, name = "", root = false): CliCfg =
         result.preSub = node[1]
       of "postSub":
         result.postSub = node[1]
+      of "defaultFlagType":
+        result.defaultFlagType = node[1]
       else:
         error "unknown hwylCli setting: " & name
 
   if result.name == "":
     error "missing required option: name"
 
-  # TODO: validate "required" flags exist here
+  postParse result
+  # TODO: validate "required" flags exist here?
   result.addBuiltinFlags()
 
   if root:
@@ -661,36 +679,40 @@ func generateCliHelpProc(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode): NimNode =
 
   result = quote do:
     proc `printHelpName`() =
-      echo bb(render(newHwylCliHelp(
-        header = `header`,
-        footer = `footer`,
-        usage = `usage`,
-        description = `description`,
-        subcmds = `subcmds`,
-        flags = `helpFlags`,
-        styles = `styles`,
-      )))
+      echo bb(
+        render(
+          newHwylCliHelp(
+            header = `header`,
+            footer = `footer`,
+            usage = `usage`,
+            description = `description`,
+            subcmds = `subcmds`,
+            flags = `helpFlags`,
+            styles = `styles`,
+          )
+        )
+      )
 
-proc preParseCheck(key: string, val: string) =
-  if val == "":
+proc checkVal(p: OptParser) =
+  if p.val == "":
     hwylCliError(
-      "expected value for flag: [b]" & key
+      "expected value for flag: [b]" & p.key
     )
 
-proc parse*(p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var bool) =
+proc parse*(p: OptParser, target: var bool) =
   target = true
 
-proc parse*(p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var string) =
-  preParseCheck(key, val)
-  target = val
+proc parse*(p: OptParser, target: var string) =
+  checkVal p
+  target = p.val
 
-proc parse*(p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var int) =
-  preParseCheck(key, val)
+proc parse*(p: OptParser, target: var int) =
+  checkVal p
   try:
-    target = parseInt(val)
+    target = parseInt(p.val)
   except:
     hwylCliError(
-      "failed to parse value for [b]" & key & "[/] as integer: [b]" & val
+      "failed to parse value for [b]" & p.key & "[/] as integer: [b]" & p.val
     )
 
 macro enumNames(a: typed): untyped =
@@ -700,40 +722,75 @@ macro enumNames(a: typed): untyped =
     assert ai.kind == nnkSym
     result.add newLit ai.strVal
 
-proc parse*[E: enum](p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var E) =
-  preParseCheck(key, val)
+proc parse*[E: enum](p: OptParser, target: var E) =
+  checkVal p
   try:
-    target = parseEnum[E](val)
+    target = parseEnum[E](p.val)
   except:
     let choices = enumNames(E).join(",")
     hwylCliError(
-      "failed to parse value for [b]" & key & "[/] as enum: [b]" & val & "[/] expected one of: " & choices
+      "failed to parse value for [b]" & p.key & "[/] as enum: [b]" & p.val & "[/] expected one of: " & choices
     )
 
-proc parse*(p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var float) =
-  preParseCheck(key, val)
+proc parse*(p: OptParser, target: var float) =
+  checkVal p
   try:
-    target = parseFloat(val)
+    target = parseFloat(p.val)
   except:
     hwylCliError(
-      "failed to parse value for [b]" & key & "[/] as float: [b]" & val
+      "failed to parse value for [b]" & p.key & "[/] as float: [b]" & p.val
     )
 
-proc parse*[T](p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var seq[T]) =
-  preParseCheck(key, val)
-  var parsed: T
-  parse(p, key, val, parsed)
-  target.add parsed
+proc parse*[T](p: var OptParser, target: var seq[T]) =
+  checkVal p
+  case p.sep
+  of ",=":
+    let baseVal = p.val
+    for v in baseVal.split(","):
+      p.val = v.strip()
+      if p.val == "": continue
+      var parsed: T
+      parse(p, parsed)
+      target.add parsed
+  of "=", "":
+   var parsed: T
+   parse(p, parsed)
+   target.add parsed
+  else: assert false
 
-proc parse*(p: OptParser, key: string, val: string, target: var Count) =
+
+proc parse*(p: OptParser, target: var Count) =
   # if value set to that otherwise increment
-  if val != "":
+  if p.val != "":
     var num: int
-    parse(p, key, val, num)
+    parse(p, num)
     target.val = num
   else:
     inc target.val
 
+proc extractKey(p: var OptParser): string =
+  var i: int
+  for c in p.val:
+    if c notin {'=',':'}: inc i
+    else: break
+  if i == p.val.len:
+    hwylCliError(
+      "failed to parse key val flag" &
+      "\nkey: " & p.key.bb("bold") &
+      "\nval: " & p.val.bb("bold") &
+      "\ndid you include a separator (= or :)?"
+    )
+  else:
+    result = p.val[0..<i]
+    p.key = p.key & ":" & result
+    p.val = p.val[(i+1) .. ^1]
+
+proc parse*[T](p: var OptParser, target: var KV[string, T]) =
+  checkVal p
+  let key = extractKey(p)
+  target.key = key
+  parse(p, target.val)
+
 func shortLongCaseStmt(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode, version: NimNode): NimNode =
   var caseStmt = nnkCaseStmt.newTree()
   if NoNormalize notin cfg.settings:
@@ -753,7 +810,7 @@ func shortLongCaseStmt(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode, version: NimNode): N
   # add flags
   for f in cfg.flags:
     var branch = nnkOfBranch.newTree()
-    if f.long != "": 
+    if f.long != "":
       branch.add newLit(
         if NoNormalize notin cfg.settings: optionNormalize(f.long)
         else: f.long
@@ -761,9 +818,11 @@ func shortLongCaseStmt(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode, version: NimNode): N
     if f.short != '\x00': branch.add(newLit($f.short))
     let varName = f.ident
     let name = newLit(f.name)
-    branch.add quote do:
-      flagSet.incl `name`
-      parse(p, key, val, `varName`)
+    branch.add nnkStmtList.newTree(
+      nnkCall.newTree(ident("incl"),ident("flagSet"),name),
+      if f.node == nil: nnkCall.newTree(ident"parse", ident"p", varName)
+      else: f.node
+    )
 
     caseStmt.add branch
 
@@ -797,8 +856,8 @@ func setFlagVars(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
     else: cfg.flags.filterIt(it.group != "global")
 
   result.add flags.mapIt(
-          nnkIdentDefs.newTree(it.ident, it.typeNode, newEmptyNode())
-        )
+    nnkIdentDefs.newTree(it.ident, it.typeNode, newEmptyNode())
+  )
 
 func literalFlags(f: CliFlag): NimNode =
   var flags: seq[string]
@@ -863,6 +922,23 @@ func genSubcommandHandler(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
 
   result.add subCommandCase
 
+func parseArgs(p: OptParser, target: var string) =
+  target = p.key
+
+func parseArgs[T](p: OptParser, target: var seq[T]) =
+  var val: T
+  parseArgs(p, val)
+  target.add val
+
+func argOfBranch(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
+  result = nnkOfBranch.newTree(ident"cmdArgument")
+  # if cfg.args.len == 0 and cfg.subcommands.len == 0:
+  #   result.add quote do:
+  #     hwylCliError("unexpected positional argument: [b]" & p.key)
+  # else:
+  result.add quote do:
+    inc nArgs
+    parseArgs(p, result)
 
 
 func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
@@ -875,9 +951,7 @@ func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
     optParser = ident("p")
     cmdLine = ident"cmdLine"
     flagSet = ident"flagSet"
-    kind = ident"kind"
-    key = ident"key"
-    val = ident"val"
+    nArgs = ident"nargs"
     (longNoVal, shortNoVal) = cfg.getNoVals()
     printHelpProc = generateCliHelpProc(cfg, printHelpName)
     flagVars = setFlagVars(cfg)
@@ -893,9 +967,9 @@ func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
 
   stopWords = nnkPrefix.newTree(ident"@", stopWords)
 
-  # should this a CritBitTree?
   parserBody.add quote do:
-    var `flagSet` {.used.}: HashSet[string]
+    var `flagSet`: HashSet[string]
+    var `nArgs`: int
 
   parserBody.add(
     quote do:
@@ -907,24 +981,23 @@ func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
         opChars = {','}
       )
   )
-  # TODO: first key needs to be normalized
+
+  # TODO: first key needs to be normalized?
+  # TODO: don't use getopt? use p.next() instead?
   parserBody.add nnkForStmt.newTree(
-    kind, key, val,
-    nnkCall.newTree(nnkDotExpr.newTree(optParser,ident("getopt"))),
+    ident"kind", ident"key", ident"val",
+    # nnkCall.newTree(nnkDotExpr.newTree(optParser,ident("getopt"))),
+    nnkCall.newTree(ident"getopt", optParser),
     nnkStmtList.newTree(
       # # for debugging..
       # quote do:
       #   echo `kind`,"|",`key`,"|",`val`
       # ,
       nnkCaseStmt.newTree(
-        kind,
+        ident"kind",
         nnkOfBranch.newTree(ident("cmdError"), quote do: hwylCliError(p.message)),
         nnkOfBranch.newTree(ident("cmdEnd"), quote do: assert false),
-        # TODO: add nArgs to change how cmdArgument is handled ...
-        nnkOfBranch.newTree(ident("cmdArgument"),
-          quote do:
-            result.add `key`
-        ),
+        argOfBranch(cfg),
         nnkOfBranch.newTree(
           ident("cmdShortOption"), ident("cmdLongOption"),
           shortLongCaseStmt(cfg, printHelpName, version)
@@ -971,6 +1044,7 @@ func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
     result.add quote do:
       `runProcName`(`args`[1..^1])
 
+
 macro hwylCli*(body: untyped) =
   ## generate a CLI styled by `hwylterm` and parsed by `parseopt3`
   var cfg = parseCliBody(body, root = true)

tests/example.nim

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ type
   Color = enum
     red, blue, green
 
-
 hwylCli:
   name "example"
   V "0.1.0"
@@ -72,14 +71,17 @@ hwylCli:
     """
     flags:
       ^something
-      auto:
-        - a
-        ? "some help"
+      thing:
+        T KV[string, Color]
+        ? "some key value string"
       b:
         T seq[float]
         ? "multiple floats"
       h "this will override the builtin 'h' for help"
+      def:
+        ? "a flag with a string default"
+        * "the value"
     run:
       echo "hello from `example b` command"
-      echo fmt"{auto=}, {b=}"
+      echo fmt"{thing=}, {b=}, {h=}, {def=}"
 

todo.md

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 
 - [ ] addJoinStyle(); works like join except wraps each argument in a style
+- [ ] add span aware split/splitlines
 - [ ] consider reducing illwill surface to only relevant IO (input) features
 - [ ] revamp spinner api (new  threads?)
 - [x] add Bbstring ~~indexing operations~~ strutils, that are span aware
-- [ ] add a `commands` option for `newHwylCli` in `hwylterm/cli`
 - [ ] console object with customizable options to apply formatting
 
 ### cli generator
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 - [x] add support to either (lengthen commands) or provide an alias for a subcommand
 - [x] add command aliases to hwylcli help with switch
 - [x] don't recreate "global"" variables in var section
-- [ ] make proper test suite for cli generator
-
+- [ ] add flag overlap check before case statement generation (after parsing?)
+- [ ] add key-value flag support -> `--setting:a:off`
+- [x] add defaultFlagType CliCfg setting
+- [x] add node to flagDef to override builtin `parse(p, varName)`
 
 ## features
 
@@ -35,8 +37,10 @@
   - [ ] support for rgb colors
   - [ ] modify 256 colors w/parser changes to be `"[color(9)]red"` instead of `[9]red`
   - [x] improve color detection [ref](https://github.com/Textualize/rich/blob/4101991898ee7a09fe1706daca24af5e1e054862/rich/console.py#L791)
+
 ## testing
 
+- [ ] make proper test suite for cli generator
 - [ ] investigate [cap10](https://github.com/crashappsec/cap10) as a means of scripting the testing
 
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