From: rr.rosas@...
Date: 2014-06-26T13:46:16+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:63348] [ruby-trunk - Feature #5010] Add Slop(-like) in stdlib and deprecate current OptionParser API

Issue #5010 has been updated by Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas.


Ok, what about introducing new methods to make it easier to work with OptionParser?

Like:

~~~
opts = OptionParser.parse do |p|
  p.banner "Usage: example.rb [options]"
  p.on :v, :verbose, "Run verbosely", :default => true
end

p opts.to_hash
~~~

If you prefer I can create a new ticket to discuss the improvements and close this one.

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Feature #5010: Add Slop(-like) in stdlib and deprecate current OptionParser API
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5010#change-47394

* Author: Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Low
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
* Category: 
* Target version: next minor
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I always found the OptionParser API not as well designed as it could be.

I've just found this gem:

http://lee.jarvis.co/slop/

Much better API and I think we should integrate it to Ruby 2.0.

Take a look at the minimal example shown in OptionParser :

<pre>
  require 'optparse'

  options = {}
  OptionParser.new do |opts|
    opts.banner = "Usage: example.rb [options]"

    opts.on("-v", "--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely") do |v|
      options[:verbose] = v
    end
  end.parse!

  p options
  p ARGV
</pre>

This is the equivalent in Slop:

<pre>
require 'slop'

opts = Slop.parse do
  banner "Usage: example.rb [options]"
  on :v, :verbose, "Run verbosely", :default => true
end

p opts.to_hash
</pre>



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