- unification of option, argument, keyword, and environment
parameter parsing
- auto generation of usage and help messages
- support for mode/sub-commands
- io redirection support
- logging hooks using ruby's built-in logging mechanism
- intelligent error handling and exit codes
- use as dsl or library for building Main objects
- parsing user defined ARGV and ENV
- zero requirements for understanding the obtuse apis of any
command line option parsers
- leather pants
In short main.rb aims to drastically lower the barrier to writing
uniform command line applications.
WWW: http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/main/
PR: ports/128664
Submitted by: Wen Heping <wenheping at gmail.com>
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