Add an example of using argparse with defmain

Closes #1091.
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Kodi Arfer 2016-12-13 08:57:31 -08:00
parent 5b85990d87
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@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ is the equivalent of::
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
retval = main(*sys.arg)
retval = main(*sys.argv)
if isinstance(retval, int):
sys.exit(retval)
@ -632,12 +632,28 @@ is the equivalent of::
Note that as you can see above, if you return an integer from this
function, this will be used as the exit status for your script.
(Python defaults to exit status 0 otherwise, which means everything's
okay!)
okay!) Since ``(sys.exit 0)`` is not run explicitly in the case of a
non-integer return from ``defmain``, it's a good idea to put ``(defmain)``
as the last piece of code in your file.
(Since ``(sys.exit 0)`` is not run explicitly in the case of a non-integer
return from ``defmain``, it's a good idea to put ``(defmain)`` as the last
piece of code in your file.)
If you want fancy command-line arguments, you can use the standard Python
module ``argparse`` in the usual way:
.. code-block:: clj
(import argparse)
(defmain [&rest _]
(setv parser (argparse.ArgumentParser))
(.add-argument parser "STRING"
:help "string to replicate")
(.add-argument parser "-n" :type int :default 3
:help "number of copies")
(setv args (parser.parse_args))
(print (* args.STRING args.n))
0)
.. _defmacro: