swydd/DESIGN.md
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# Swydd Design
Goals:
- Generic task runner
- Portable (single python module)
- library not an exe
basic design:
`tasks.py`:
```python
from swydd import taks, option, cli
@task
@option("program","name of program to compile")
def build(program: str = "hello"):
"""build a program"""
sub < f"gcc -o {program} {program}.c"
cli()
```
```sh
./tasks.py build
./tasks.py build --program goodbye
```
## Ideas
### Simple shell pipelines
```python
@task
def pipe_commands()
"""run pre-commit (and mypy)"""
p = Pipe(Exec("find . -name file"), Exec("grep 'pattern'")).get()
print(p.stdout)
```
Made even simpler with operator overloading:
```python
@task
def run_commands():
stdout = get < (pipe | "find . -name file" | "grep 'pattern'")
print(stdout)
```
Upon reflection I think the operator overloading is wildly confusing.
I think it will make more sense to try to develop chainable objects:
Make `sub(cmd, **kwargs)` and alias for `proc(cmd).run(**kwargs)`
```python
@task
def run_commands():
stdout = proc("find . -name file").pipe("grep 'pattern'").get()
print(stdout)
```
## Internal CLI
```sh
./tasks.py _ swydd-subcmd
# vs
./tasks.py _swydd-subcmd
# or
./tasks.py +swydd subcmd # <- current favorite (use a none valid function name to possibly prevent overlap)
```