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   34
   35:- module(optparse,
   36    [  opt_parse/5,     %+OptsSpec, +CLArgs, -Opts, -PositionalArgs,-ParseOptions
   37       opt_parse/4,     %+OptsSpec, +CLArgs, -Opts, -PositionalArgs,
   38       opt_arguments/3, %+OptsSpec, -Opts, -PositionalArgs
   39       opt_help/2       %+OptsSpec, -Help
   40    ]).   41
   42:- use_module(library(apply)).   43:- use_module(library(lists)).   44:- use_module(library(option)).   45:- use_module(library(error)).   46:- set_prolog_flag(double_quotes, codes).   47%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% EXPORTS

command line parsing

This module helps in building a command-line interface to an application. In particular, it provides functions that take an option specification and a list of atoms, probably given to the program on the command line, and return a parsed representation (a list of the customary Key(Val) by default; or optionally, a list of Func(Key, Val) terms in the style of current_prolog_flag/2). It can also synthesize a simple help text from the options specification.

The terminology in the following is partly borrowed from python, see http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html#terminology . Very briefly, arguments is what you provide on the command line and for many prologs show up as a list of atoms Args in current_prolog_flag(argv, Args). For a typical prolog incantation, they can be divided into

Positional arguments are in particular used for mandatory arguments without which your program won't work and for which there are no sensible defaults (e.g,, input file names). Options, by contrast, offer flexibility by letting you change a default setting. Options are optional not only by etymology: this library has no notion of mandatory or required options (see the python docs for other rationales than laziness).

The command-line arguments enter your program as a list of atoms, but the programs perhaps expects booleans, integers, floats or even prolog terms. You tell the parser so by providing an options specification. This is just a list of individual option specifications. One of those, in turn, is a list of ground prolog terms in the customary Name(Value) format. The following terms are recognized (any others raise error).

opt(Key)
Key is what the option later will be accessed by, just like for current_prolog_flag(Key, Value). This term is mandatory (an error is thrown if missing).
shortflags(ListOfFlags)
ListOfFlags denotes any single-dashed, single letter args specifying the current option (-s , -K, etc). Uppercase letters must be quoted. Usually ListOfFlags will be a singleton list, but sometimes aliased flags may be convenient.
longflags(ListOfFlags)
ListOfFlags denotes any double-dashed arguments specifying the current option (--verbose, --no-debug, etc). They are basically a more readable alternative to short flags, except
  1. long flags can be specified as --flag value or --flag=value (but not as --flagvalue); short flags as -f val or -fval (but not -f=val)
  2. boolean long flags can be specified as --bool-flag or --bool-flag=true or --bool-flag true; and they can be negated as --no-bool-flag or --bool-flag=false or --bool-flag false.

    Except that shortflags must be single characters, the distinction between long and short is in calling convention, not in namespaces. Thus, if you have shortflags([v]), you can use it as -v2 or -v 2 or --v=2 or --v 2 (but not -v=2 or --v2).

    Shortflags and longflags both default to []. It can be useful to have flagless options -- see example below.

meta(Meta)
Meta is optional and only relevant for the synthesized usage message and is the name (an atom) of the metasyntactic variable (possibly) appearing in it together with type and default value (e.g, x:integer=3, interest:float=0.11). It may be useful to have named variables (x, interest) in case you wish to mention them again in the help text. If not given the Meta: part is suppressed -- see example below.
type(Type)
Type is one of boolean, atom, integer, float, term. The corresponding argument will be parsed appropriately. This term is optional; if not given, defaults to term.
default(Default)
Default value. This term is optional; if not given, or if given the special value '_', an uninstantiated variable is created (and any type declaration is ignored).
help(Help)
Help is (usually) an atom of text describing the option in the help text. This term is optional (but obviously strongly recommended for all options which have flags).

Long lines are subject to basic word wrapping -- split on white space, reindent, rejoin. However, you can get more control by supplying the line breaking yourself: rather than a single line of text, you can provide a list of lines (as atoms). If you do, they will be joined with the appropriate indent but otherwise left untouched (see the option mode in the example below).

Absence of mandatory option specs or the presence of more than one for a particular option throws an error, as do unknown or incompatible types.

As a concrete example from a fictive application, suppose we want the following options to be read from the command line (long flag(s), short flag(s), meta:type=default, help)

--mode                  -m     atom=SCAN       data gathering mode,
                                               one of
                                                SCAN: do this
                                                READ: do that
                                                MAKE: make numbers
                                                WAIT: do nothing
--rebuild-cache         -r     boolean=true    rebuild cache in
                                               each iteration
--heisenberg-threshold  -t,-h  float=0.1       heisenberg threshold
--depths, --iters       -i,-d  K:integer=3     stop after K
                                               iterations
--distances                    term=[1,2,3,5]  initial prolog term
--output-file           -o     FILE:atom=_     write output to FILE
--label                 -l     atom=REPORT     report label
--verbosity             -v     V:integer=2     verbosity level,
                                               1 <= V <= 3

We may also have some configuration parameters which we currently think not needs to be controlled from the command line, say path('/some/file/path').

This interface is described by the following options specification (order between the specifications of a particular option is irrelevant).

ExampleOptsSpec =
    [ [opt(mode    ), type(atom), default('SCAN'),
        shortflags([m]),   longflags(['mode'] ),
        help([ 'data gathering mode, one of'
             , '  SCAN: do this'
             , '  READ: do that'
             , '  MAKE: fabricate some numbers'
             , '  WAIT: don''t do anything'])]

    , [opt(cache), type(boolean), default(true),
        shortflags([r]),   longflags(['rebuild-cache']),
        help('rebuild cache in each iteration')]

    , [opt(threshold), type(float), default(0.1),
        shortflags([t,h]),  longflags(['heisenberg-threshold']),
        help('heisenberg threshold')]

    , [opt(depth), meta('K'), type(integer), default(3),
        shortflags([i,d]),longflags([depths,iters]),
        help('stop after K iterations')]

    , [opt(distances), default([1,2,3,5]),
        longflags([distances]),
        help('initial prolog term')]

    , [opt(outfile), meta('FILE'), type(atom),
        shortflags([o]),  longflags(['output-file']),
        help('write output to FILE')]

    , [opt(label), type(atom), default('REPORT'),
        shortflags([l]), longflags([label]),
        help('report label')]

    , [opt(verbose),  meta('V'), type(integer), default(2),
        shortflags([v]),  longflags([verbosity]),
        help('verbosity level, 1 <= V <= 3')]

    , [opt(path), default('/some/file/path/')]
    ].

The help text above was accessed by opt_help(ExamplesOptsSpec, HelpText). The options appear in the same order as in the OptsSpec.

Given ExampleOptsSpec, a command line (somewhat syntactically inconsistent, in order to demonstrate different calling conventions) may look as follows

ExampleArgs = [ '-d5'
              , '--heisenberg-threshold', '0.14'
              , '--distances=[1,1,2,3,5,8]'
              , '--iters', '7'
              , '-ooutput.txt'
              , '--rebuild-cache', 'true'
              , 'input.txt'
              , '--verbosity=2'
              ].

opt_parse(ExampleOptsSpec, ExampleArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs) would then succeed with

Opts =    [ mode('SCAN')
          , label('REPORT')
          , path('/some/file/path')
          , threshold(0.14)
          , distances([1,1,2,3,5,8])
          , depth(7)
          , outfile('output.txt')
          , cache(true)
          , verbose(2)
          ],
PositionalArgs = ['input.txt'].

Note that path('/some/file/path') showing up in Opts has a default value (of the implicit type 'term'), but no corresponding flags in OptsSpec. Thus it can't be set from the command line. The rest of your program doesn't need to know that, of course. This provides an alternative to the common practice of asserting such hard-coded parameters under a single predicate (for instance setting(path, '/some/file/path')), with the advantage that you may seamlessly upgrade them to command-line options, should you one day find this a good idea. Just add an appropriate flag or two and a line of help text. Similarly, suppressing an option in a cluttered interface amounts to commenting out the flags.

opt_parse/5 allows more control through an additional argument list as shown in the example below.

?- opt_parse(ExampleOptsSpec, ExampleArgs,  Opts, PositionalArgs,
             [ output_functor(appl_config)
             ]).

Opts =    [ appl_config(verbose, 2),
          , appl_config(label, 'REPORT')
          ...
          ]

This representation may be preferable with the empty-flag configuration parameter style above (perhaps with asserting appl_config/2).

Notes and tips

author
- Marcus Uneson
version
- 0.20 (2011-04-27)
To be done
- : validation? e.g, numbers; file path existence; one-out-of-a-set-of-atoms */
  337:- predicate_options(opt_parse/5, 5,
  338                     [ allow_empty_flag_spec(boolean),
  339                       duplicated_flags(oneof([keepfirst,keeplast,keepall])),
  340                       output_functor(atom),
  341                       suppress_empty_meta(boolean)
  342                     ]).  343
  344:- multifile
  345    error:has_type/2,
  346    parse_type/3.
 opt_arguments(+OptsSpec, -Opts, -PositionalArgs) is det
Extract commandline options according to a specification. Convenience predicate, assuming that command-line arguments can be accessed by current_prolog_flag/2 (as in swi-prolog). For other access mechanisms and/or more control, get the args and pass them as a list of atoms to opt_parse/4 or opt_parse/5 instead.

Opts is a list of parsed options in the form Key(Value). Dashed args not in OptsSpec are not permitted and will raise error (see tip on how to pass unknown flags in the module description). PositionalArgs are the remaining non-dashed args after each flag has taken its argument (filling in true or false for booleans). There are no restrictions on non-dashed arguments and they may go anywhere (although it is good practice to put them last). Any leading arguments for the runtime (up to and including '--') are discarded.

  366opt_arguments(OptsSpec, Opts, PositionalArgs) :-
  367    current_prolog_flag(argv, Argv),
  368    opt_parse(OptsSpec, Argv, Opts, PositionalArgs).
 opt_parse(+OptsSpec, +ApplArgs, -Opts, -PositionalArgs) is det
Equivalent to opt_parse(OptsSpec, ApplArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs, []).
  375opt_parse(OptsSpec, ApplArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs) :-
  376    opt_parse(OptsSpec, ApplArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs, []).
 opt_parse(+OptsSpec, +ApplArgs, -Opts, -PositionalArgs, +ParseOptions) is det
Parse the arguments Args (as list of atoms) according to OptsSpec. Any runtime arguments (typically terminated by '--') are assumed to be removed already.

Opts is a list of parsed options in the form Key(Value), or (with the option functor(Func) given) in the form Func(Key, Value). Dashed args not in OptsSpec are not permitted and will raise error (see tip on how to pass unknown flags in the module description). PositionalArgs are the remaining non-dashed args after each flag has taken its argument (filling in true or false for booleans). There are no restrictions on non-dashed arguments and they may go anywhere (although it is good practice to put them last). ParseOptions are

output_functor(Func)
Set the functor Func of the returned options Func(Key,Value). Default is the special value 'OPTION' (upper-case), which makes the returned options have form Key(Value).
duplicated_flags(Keep)
Controls how to handle options given more than once on the commad line. Keep is one of keepfirst, keeplast, keepall with the obvious meaning. Default is keeplast.
allow_empty_flag_spec(Bool)
If true (default), a flag specification is not required (it is allowed that both shortflags and longflags be either [] or absent). Flagless options cannot be manipulated from the command line and will not show up in the generated help. This is useful when you have (also) general configuration parameters in your OptsSpec, especially if you think they one day might need to be controlled externally. See example in the module overview. allow_empty_flag_spec(false) gives the more customary behaviour of raising error on empty flags.
  416opt_parse(OptsSpec, ApplArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs, ParseOptions) :-
  417    opt_parse_(OptsSpec, ApplArgs, Opts, PositionalArgs, ParseOptions).
 opt_help(+OptsSpec, -Help:atom) is det
True when Help is a help string synthesized from OptsSpec.
  424opt_help(OptsSpec, Help) :-
  425    opt_help(OptsSpec, Help, []).
  426
  427% semi-arbitrary default format settings go here;
  428% if someone needs more control one day, opt_help/3 could be exported
  429opt_help(OptsSpec, Help, HelpOptions0) :-
  430    Defaults = [ line_width(80)
  431               , min_help_width(40)
  432               , break_long_flags(false)
  433               , suppress_empty_meta(true)
  434               ],
  435    merge_options(HelpOptions0, Defaults, HelpOptions),
  436    opt_help_(OptsSpec, Help, HelpOptions).
  437
  438
  439%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% OPT_PARSE
  440
  441opt_parse_(OptsSpec0, Args0, Opts, PositionalArgs, ParseOptions) :-
  442    assertion(ground(Args0)),
  443    assertion(is_list_of_atoms(Args0)),
  444
  445    check_opts_spec(OptsSpec0, ParseOptions, OptsSpec),
  446
  447    maplist(atom_codes, Args0, Args1),
  448    parse_options(OptsSpec, Args1, Args2, PositionalArgs),
  449    add_default_opts(OptsSpec, Args2, Args3),
  450
  451    option(duplicated_flags(Keep), ParseOptions, keeplast),
  452    remove_duplicates(Keep, Args3, Args4),
  453
  454    option(output_functor(Func), ParseOptions, 'OPTION'),
  455    refunctor_opts(Func, Args4, Opts). %}}}
  456
  457
  458
  459%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% MAKE HELP
  460opt_help_(OptsSpec0, Help, HelpOptions) :-
  461    check_opts_spec(OptsSpec0, HelpOptions, OptsSpec1),
  462    include_in_help(OptsSpec1, OptsSpec2),
  463    format_help_fields(OptsSpec2, OptsSpec3),
  464    col_widths(OptsSpec3, [shortflags, metatypedef], CWs),
  465    long_flag_col_width(OptsSpec3, LongestFlagWidth),
  466    maplist(format_opt(LongestFlagWidth, CWs, HelpOptions), OptsSpec3, Lines),
  467    atomic_list_concat(Lines, Help).
  468
  469include_in_help([], []).
  470include_in_help([OptSpec|OptsSpec], Result) :-
  471    (  flags(OptSpec, [_|_])
  472    -> Result = [OptSpec|Rest]
  473    ;  Result = Rest
  474    ),
  475    include_in_help(OptsSpec, Rest).
  476
  477format_help_fields(OptsSpec0, OptsSpec) :-
  478    maplist(embellish_flag(short), OptsSpec0, OptsSpec1),
  479    maplist(embellish_flag(long), OptsSpec1, OptsSpec2),
  480    maplist(merge_meta_type_def, OptsSpec2, OptsSpec).
  481
  482merge_meta_type_def(OptSpecIn, [metatypedef(MTD)|OptSpecIn]) :-
  483    memberchk(meta(Meta), OptSpecIn),
  484    memberchk(type(Type), OptSpecIn),
  485    memberchk(default(Def), OptSpecIn),
  486    atom_length(Meta, N),
  487    (  N > 0
  488    -> format(atom(MTD), '~w:~w=~w', [Meta, Type, Def])
  489    ;  format(atom(MTD), '~w=~w', [Type, Def])
  490    ).
  491embellish_flag(short, OptSpecIn, OptSpecOut) :-
  492    memberchk(shortflags(FlagsIn), OptSpecIn),
  493    maplist(atom_concat('-'), FlagsIn, FlagsOut0),
  494    atomic_list_concat(FlagsOut0, ',',  FlagsOut),
  495    merge_options([shortflags(FlagsOut)], OptSpecIn, OptSpecOut).
  496embellish_flag(long, OptSpecIn, OptSpecOut) :-
  497    memberchk(longflags(FlagsIn), OptSpecIn),
  498    maplist(atom_concat('--'), FlagsIn, FlagsOut),
  499    merge_options([longflags(FlagsOut)], OptSpecIn, OptSpecOut).
  500
  501col_widths(OptsSpec, Functors, ColWidths) :-
  502    maplist(col_width(OptsSpec), Functors, ColWidths).
  503col_width(OptsSpec, Functor, ColWidth) :-
  504    findall(N,
  505            ( member(OptSpec, OptsSpec),
  506              M =.. [Functor, Arg],
  507              member(M, OptSpec),
  508              format(atom(Atom), '~w', [Arg]),
  509              atom_length(Atom, N0),
  510              N is N0 + 2     %separate cols with two spaces
  511            ),
  512            Ns),
  513    max_list([0|Ns], ColWidth).
  514
  515long_flag_col_width(OptsSpec, ColWidth) :-
  516    findall(FlagLength,
  517           ( member(OptSpec, OptsSpec),
  518             memberchk(longflags(LFlags), OptSpec),
  519             member(LFlag, LFlags),
  520             atom_length(LFlag, FlagLength)
  521             ),
  522            FlagLengths),
  523    max_list([0|FlagLengths], ColWidth).
  524
  525
  526format_opt(LongestFlagWidth, [SFlagsCW, MTDCW], HelpOptions, Opt, Line) :-
  527    memberchk(shortflags(SFlags), Opt),
  528
  529    memberchk(longflags(LFlags0), Opt),
  530    group_length(LongestFlagWidth, LFlags0, LFlags1),
  531    LFlagsCW is LongestFlagWidth + 2, %separate with comma and space
  532    option(break_long_flags(BLF), HelpOptions, true),
  533    (  BLF
  534    -> maplist(atomic_list_concat_(',\n'), LFlags1, LFlags2)
  535    ;  maplist(atomic_list_concat_(', '), LFlags1, LFlags2)
  536    ),
  537    atomic_list_concat(LFlags2, ',\n', LFlags),
  538
  539    memberchk(metatypedef(MetaTypeDef), Opt),
  540
  541    memberchk(help(Help), Opt),
  542    HelpIndent is LFlagsCW + SFlagsCW + MTDCW + 2,
  543    option(line_width(LW), HelpOptions, 80),
  544    option(min_help_width(MHW), HelpOptions, 40),
  545    HelpWidth is max(MHW, LW - HelpIndent),
  546    (  atom(Help)
  547    -> line_breaks(Help, HelpWidth, HelpIndent, BrokenHelp)
  548    ;  assertion(is_list_of_atoms(Help))
  549    -> indent_lines(Help, HelpIndent, BrokenHelp)
  550    ),
  551    format(atom(Line), '~w~t~*+~w~t~*+~w~t~*+~w~n',
  552      [LFlags, LFlagsCW, SFlags, SFlagsCW, MetaTypeDef, MTDCW, BrokenHelp]).
  553
  554
  555line_breaks(TextLine, LineLength, Indent, TextLines) :-
  556    atomic_list_concat(Words, ' ', TextLine),
  557    group_length(LineLength, Words, Groups0),
  558    maplist(atomic_list_concat_(' '), Groups0, Groups),
  559    indent_lines(Groups, Indent, TextLines).
  560
  561indent_lines(Lines, Indent, TextLines) :-
  562    format(atom(Separator), '~n~*|', [Indent]),
  563    atomic_list_concat(Lines, Separator, TextLines).
  564
  565atomic_list_concat_(Separator, List, Atom) :-
  566    atomic_list_concat(List, Separator, Atom).
  567
  568%group_length(10,
  569%             [here, are, some, words, you, see],
  570%             [[here are], [some words], [you see]]) %each group >= 10F
  571group_length(LineLength, Words, Groups) :-
  572    group_length_(Words, LineLength, LineLength, [], [], Groups).
  573
  574group_length_([], _, _, ThisLine, GroupsAcc, Groups) :-
  575    maplist(reverse, [ThisLine|GroupsAcc], GroupsAcc1),
  576    reverse(GroupsAcc1, Groups).
  577group_length_([Word|Words], LineLength, Remains, ThisLine, Groups, GroupsAcc) :-
  578    atom_length(Word, K),
  579    (  (Remains >= K; ThisLine = [])  %Word fits on ThisLine, or too long too fit
  580    -> Remains1 is Remains - K - 1,  %even on a new line
  581     group_length_(Words, LineLength, Remains1, [Word|ThisLine], Groups, GroupsAcc)
  582
  583                                     %Word doesn't fit on ThisLine (non-empty)
  584    ;  group_length_([Word|Words], LineLength, LineLength, [], [ThisLine|Groups], GroupsAcc)
  585    ).
  586
  587
  588%}}}
  589
  590
  591%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% OPTSSPEC DEFAULTS
  592
  593
  594add_default_defaults(OptsSpec0, OptsSpec, Options) :-
  595    option(suppress_empty_meta(SEM), Options, true),
  596    maplist(default_defaults(SEM), OptsSpec0, OptsSpec).
  597
  598default_defaults(SuppressEmptyMeta, OptSpec0, OptSpec) :-
  599    (  SuppressEmptyMeta
  600    -> Meta = ''
  601    ;  memberchk(type(Type), OptSpec0)
  602    -> meta_placeholder(Type, Meta)
  603    ;  Meta = 'T'
  604    ),
  605
  606    Defaults = [ help('')
  607             , type(term)
  608             , shortflags([])
  609             , longflags([])
  610             , default('_')
  611             , meta(Meta)
  612             ],
  613    merge_options(OptSpec0, Defaults, OptSpec).
  614    %merge_options(+New, +Old, -Merged)
  615
  616
  617meta_placeholder(boolean, 'B').
  618meta_placeholder(atom, 'A').
  619meta_placeholder(float, 'F').
  620meta_placeholder(integer, 'I').
  621meta_placeholder(term, 'T').
  622
  623
  624
  625%}}}
  626
  627
  628%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% OPTSSPEC VALIDATION
  629
  630%this is a bit paranoid, but OTOH efficiency is no issue
  631check_opts_spec(OptsSpec0, Options, OptsSpec) :-
  632    validate_opts_spec(OptsSpec0, Options),
  633    add_default_defaults(OptsSpec0, OptsSpec, Options),
  634    validate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, Options).
  635
  636validate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, ParseOptions) :-
  637    \+ invalidate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, ParseOptions).
  638
  639invalidate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, _ParseOptions) :-
  640    %invalid if not ground -- must go first for \+ to be sound
  641    ( \+ ground(OptsSpec)
  642    -> throw(error(instantiation_error,
  643                   context(validate_opts_spec/1, 'option spec must be ground')))
  644
  645    %invalid if conflicting flags
  646    ; ( member(O1, OptsSpec), flags(O1, Flags1), member(F, Flags1),
  647        member(O2, OptsSpec), flags(O2, Flags2), member(F, Flags2),
  648        O1 \= O2)
  649    -> throw(error(domain_error(unique_atom, F),
  650                   context(validate_opts_spec/1, 'ambiguous flag')))
  651
  652    %invalid if unknown opt spec
  653    ; ( member(OptSpec, OptsSpec),
  654        member(Spec, OptSpec),
  655        functor(Spec, F, _),
  656        \+ member(F, [opt, shortflags, longflags, type, help, default, meta]) )
  657    ->  throw(error(domain_error(opt_spec, F),
  658                   context(validate_opts_spec/1, 'unknown opt spec')))
  659
  660    %invalid if mandatory option spec opt(ID) is not unique in the entire Spec
  661    ; ( member(O1, OptsSpec), member(opt(Name), O1),
  662        member(O2, OptsSpec), member(opt(Name), O2),
  663        O1 \= O2)
  664    -> throw(error(domain_error(unique_atom, Name),
  665                   context(validate_opts_spec/1, 'ambiguous id')))
  666    ).
  667
  668invalidate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, _ParseOptions) :-
  669    member(OptSpec, OptsSpec),
  670    \+ member(opt(_Name), OptSpec),
  671    %invalid if mandatory option spec opt(ID) is absent
  672    throw(error(domain_error(unique_atom, OptSpec),
  673                context(validate_opts_spec/1, 'opt(id) missing'))).
  674
  675invalidate_opts_spec(OptsSpec, ParseOptions) :-
  676    member(OptSpec, OptsSpec), %if we got here, OptSpec has a single unique Name
  677    member(opt(Name), OptSpec),
  678
  679    option(allow_empty_flag_spec(AllowEmpty), ParseOptions, true),
  680
  681    %invalid if allow_empty_flag_spec(false) and no flag is given
  682    ( (\+ AllowEmpty, \+ flags(OptSpec, [_|_]))
  683    -> format(atom(Msg), 'no flag specified for option ''~w''', [Name]),
  684       throw(error(domain_error(unique_atom, _),
  685                context(validate_opts_spec/1, Msg)))
  686
  687    %invalid if any short flag is not actually single-letter
  688    ; ( memberchk(shortflags(Flags), OptSpec),
  689        member(F, Flags),
  690        atom_length(F, L),
  691        L > 1)
  692    ->  format(atom(Msg), 'option ''~w'': flag too long to be short', [Name]),
  693        throw(error(domain_error(short_flag, F),
  694                context(validate_opts_spec/1, Msg)))
  695
  696    %invalid if any option spec is given more than once
  697    ; duplicate_optspec(OptSpec,
  698      [type,opt,default,help,shortflags,longflags,meta])
  699    ->  format(atom(Msg), 'duplicate spec in option ''~w''', [Name]),
  700        throw(error(domain_error(unique_functor, _),
  701                context(validate_opts_spec/1, Msg)))
  702
  703    %invalid if unknown type
  704    ;   (   memberchk(type(Type), OptSpec),
  705            Type \== term,
  706            \+ clause(error:has_type(Type,_), _)
  707        )
  708    ->  format(atom(Msg), 'unknown type ''~w'' in option ''~w''', [Type, Name]),
  709        throw(error(type_error(flag_value, Type),
  710              context(validate_opts_spec/1, Msg)))
  711
  712    %invalid if type does not match default
  713    %note1: reverse logic: we are trying to _in_validate OptSpec
  714
  715    %note2: 'term' approves of any syntactically valid prolog term, since
  716    %if syntactically invalid, OptsSpec wouldn't have parsed
  717
  718    %note3: the special placeholder '_' creates a new variable, so no typecheck
  719    ;    (memberchk(type(Type), OptSpec),
  720          Type \= term,
  721          memberchk(default(Default), OptSpec),
  722          Default \= '_'
  723    ->   \+ must_be(Type, Default))
  724
  725    %invalidation failed, i.e., optspec is OK
  726    ; fail
  727    ).
  728
  729duplicate_optspec(_, []) :- !, fail.
  730duplicate_optspec(OptSpec, [Func|Funcs]) :-
  731    functor(F, Func, 1),
  732    findall(F, member(F, OptSpec), Xs),
  733    (Xs = [_,_|_]
  734    -> true
  735    ; duplicate_optspec(OptSpec, Funcs)
  736    ).
  737
  738
  739%}}}
  740
  741
  742%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PARSE OPTIONS
  743% NOTE:
  744% -sbar could be interpreted in two ways: as short for -s bar, and
  745% as short ('clustered') for -s -b -a -r. Here, the former interpretation
  746% is chosen.
  747% Cf http://perldoc.perl.org/Getopt/Long.html (no clustering by default)
  748
  749
  750parse_options(OptsSpec, Args0, Options, PosArgs) :-
  751    append(Args0, [""], Args1),
  752    parse_args_(Args1, OptsSpec, Args2),
  753    partition_args_(Args2, Options, PosArgs).
  754
  755%{{{ PARSE ARGS
  756
  757
  758%if arg is boolean flag given as --no-my-arg, expand to my-arg, false, re-call
  759parse_args_([Arg,Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, [opt(KID, false)|Result]) :-
  760    flag_name_long_neg(Dashed, NonDashed, Arg, []),
  761    flag_id_type(OptsSpec, NonDashed, KID, boolean),
  762    !,
  763    parse_args_([Dashed, "false", Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, Result).
  764
  765%if arg is ordinary boolean flag, fill in implicit true if arg absent; re-call
  766parse_args_([Arg,Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, Result) :-
  767    flag_name(K, Arg, []),
  768    flag_id_type(OptsSpec, K, _KID, boolean),
  769    \+ member(Arg2, ["true", "false"]),
  770    !,
  771    parse_args_([Arg, "true", Arg2 | Args], OptsSpec, Result).
  772
  773% separate short or long flag run together with its value and parse
  774parse_args_([Arg|Args], OptsSpec, [opt(KID, Val)|Result]) :-
  775    flag_name_value(Arg1, Arg2, Arg, []),
  776    \+ short_flag_w_equals(Arg1, Arg2),
  777    flag_name(K, Arg1, []),
  778    !,
  779    parse_option(OptsSpec, K, Arg2, opt(KID, Val)),
  780    parse_args_(Args, OptsSpec, Result).
  781
  782%from here, unparsed args have form
  783%  PosArg1,Flag1,Val1,PosArg2,PosArg3,Flag2,Val2, PosArg4...
  784%i.e., positional args may go anywhere except between FlagN and ValueN
  785%(of course, good programming style says they should go last, but it is poor
  786%programming style to assume that)
  787
  788parse_args_([Arg1,Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, [opt(KID, Val)|Result]) :-
  789    flag_name(K, Arg1, []),
  790    !,
  791    parse_option(OptsSpec, K, Arg2, opt(KID, Val)),
  792    parse_args_(Args, OptsSpec, Result).
  793
  794parse_args_([Arg1,Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, [pos(At)|Result]) :-
  795    \+ flag_name(_, Arg1, []),
  796    !,
  797    atom_codes(At, Arg1),
  798    parse_args_([Arg2|Args], OptsSpec, Result).
  799
  800parse_args_([""], _, []) :- !.   %placeholder, but useful for error messages
  801parse_args_([], _, []) :- !.
  802
  803short_flag_w_equals([0'-,_C], [0'=|_]) :-
  804    throw(error(syntax_error('disallowed: <shortflag>=<value>'),_)).
  805
  806
  807
  808flag_id_type(OptsSpec, FlagCodes, ID, Type) :-
  809    atom_codes(Flag, FlagCodes),
  810    member(OptSpec, OptsSpec),
  811    flags(OptSpec, Flags),
  812    member(Flag, Flags),
  813    member(type(Type), OptSpec),
  814    member(opt(ID), OptSpec).
  815
  816%{{{ FLAG DCG
  817
  818%DCG non-terminals:
  819%  flag_name(NonDashed)                  %c, flag-name, x
  820%  flag_name_short(Dashed, NonDashed)    %c, x
  821%  flag_name_long(Dashed, NonDashed)     %flag-name
  822%  flag_name_long_neg(Dashed, NonDashed) %no-flag-name
  823%  flag_value(Val)                       %non-empty string
  824%  flag_value0(Val)                      %any string, also empty
  825%  flag_name_value(Dashed, Val)          %pair of flag_name, flag_value
  826
  827
  828flag_name(NonDashed) --> flag_name_long(_, NonDashed).
  829flag_name(NonDashed) --> flag_name_short(_, NonDashed).
  830flag_name(NonDashed) --> flag_name_long_neg(_, NonDashed).
  831
  832flag_name_long_neg([0'-,0'-|Cs], Cs) --> "--no-", name_long(Cs).
  833flag_name_long([0'-,0'-|Cs], Cs) --> "--", name_long(Cs).
  834flag_name_short([0'-|C], C) --> "-", name_1st(C).
  835
  836flag_value([C|Cs]) --> [C], flag_value0(Cs).
  837flag_value0([]) --> [].
  838flag_value0([C|Cs]) --> [C], flag_value0(Cs).
  839flag_name_value(Dashed, Val) --> flag_name_long(Dashed, _), "=", flag_value0(Val).
  840flag_name_value(Dashed, Val) --> flag_name_short(Dashed, _), flag_value(Val).
  841
  842name_long([C|Cs]) --> name_1st([C]), name_rest(Cs).
  843name_1st([C]) --> [C], {name_1st(C)}.
  844name_rest([]) --> [].
  845name_rest([C|Cs]) --> [C], {name_char(C)}, name_rest(Cs).
  846name_1st(C) :- char_type(C, alpha).
  847name_char(C) :- char_type(C, alpha).
  848name_char( 0'- ). %}}}
  849
  850
  851%{{{ PARSE OPTION
  852parse_option(OptsSpec, Arg1, Arg2, opt(KID, Val)) :-
  853    (  flag_id_type(OptsSpec, Arg1, KID, Type)
  854    -> parse_val(Arg1, Type, Arg2, Val)
  855    ;  format(atom(Msg), '~s', [Arg1]),
  856     opt_help(OptsSpec, Help),        %unknown flag: dump usage on stderr
  857     nl(user_error),
  858     write(user_error, Help),
  859     throw(error(domain_error(flag_value, Msg),context(_, 'unknown flag')))
  860    ).
  861
  862
  863parse_val(Opt, Type, Cs, Val) :-
  864    catch(
  865    parse_loc(Type, Cs, Val),
  866    E,
  867    ( format('~nERROR: flag ''~s'': expected atom parsable as ~w, found ''~s'' ~n',
  868                             [Opt,                           Type,        Cs]),
  869      throw(E))
  870    ).
  871
  872%parse_loc(+Type, +ListOfCodes, -Result).
  873parse_loc(Type, _LOC, _) :-
  874    var(Type), !, throw(error(instantiation_error, _)).
  875parse_loc(_Type, LOC, _) :-
  876    var(LOC), !, throw(error(instantiation_error, _)).
  877parse_loc(boolean, Cs, true) :- atom_codes(true, Cs), !.
  878parse_loc(boolean, Cs, false) :- atom_codes(false, Cs), !.
  879parse_loc(atom, Cs, Result) :- atom_codes(Result, Cs), !.
  880parse_loc(integer, Cs, Result) :-
  881    number_codes(Result, Cs),
  882    integer(Result),
  883
  884    !.
  885parse_loc(float, Cs, Result)   :-
  886    number_codes(Result, Cs),
  887    float(Result),
  888
  889    !.
  890parse_loc(term, Cs, Result) :-
  891    atom_codes(A, Cs),
  892    term_to_atom(Result, A),
  893
  894    !.
  895parse_loc(Type, Cs, Result) :-
  896    parse_type(Type, Cs, Result),
  897    !.
  898parse_loc(Type, _Cs, _) :- %could not parse Cs as Type
  899    throw(error(type_error(flag_value, Type), _)),
  900    !. %}}}
  901%}}}
 parse_type(+Type, +Codes:list(code), -Result) is semidet
Hook to parse option text Codes to an object of type Type.
  907partition_args_([], [], []).
  908partition_args_([opt(K,V)|Rest], [opt(K,V)|RestOpts], RestPos) :-
  909    !,
  910    partition_args_(Rest, RestOpts, RestPos).
  911partition_args_([pos(Arg)|Rest], RestOpts, [Arg|RestPos]) :-
  912    !,
  913    partition_args_(Rest, RestOpts, RestPos).
  914
  915
  916
  917
  918%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ADD DEFAULTS
  919
  920add_default_opts([], Opts, Opts).
  921add_default_opts([OptSpec|OptsSpec], OptsIn, Result) :-
  922    memberchk(opt(OptName), OptSpec),
  923    (  memberchk(opt(OptName, _Val), OptsIn)
  924    -> Result = OptsOut                      %value given on cl, ignore default
  925
  926    ;                                        %value not given on cl:
  927       memberchk(default('_'), OptSpec)      % no default in OptsSpec (or 'VAR'):
  928    -> Result = [opt(OptName, _) | OptsOut]  % create uninstantiated variable
  929    ;
  930       memberchk(default(Def), OptSpec),     % default given in OptsSpec
  931%       memberchk(type(Type), OptSpec),      % already typechecked
  932%       assertion(must_be(Type, Def)),
  933       Result = [opt(OptName, Def) | OptsOut]
  934    ),
  935    add_default_opts(OptsSpec, OptsIn, OptsOut).
  936
  937
  938
  939%}}}
  940
  941
  942%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% REMOVE DUPLICATES
  943remove_duplicates(_, [], []) :- !.
  944remove_duplicates(keeplast, [opt(OptName, Val) | Opts], Result) :-
  945    !,
  946    (  memberchk(opt(OptName, _), Opts)
  947    -> Result = RestOpts
  948    ;  Result = [opt(OptName, Val) | RestOpts]
  949    ),
  950    remove_duplicates(keeplast, Opts, RestOpts).
  951
  952remove_duplicates(keepfirst, OptsIn, OptsOut) :-
  953    !,
  954    reverse(OptsIn, OptsInRev),
  955    remove_duplicates(keeplast, OptsInRev, OptsOutRev),
  956    reverse(OptsOutRev, OptsOut).
  957
  958remove_duplicates(keepall, OptsIn, OptsIn) :- !.
  959remove_duplicates(K, [_|_], _) :-
  960    !,
  961    throw(error(domain_error(keep_flag, K), _)). %}}}
  962
  963
  964%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% REFUNCTOR
  965refunctor_opts(Fnct, OptsIn, OptsOut) :-
  966    maplist(refunctor_opt(Fnct), OptsIn, OptsOut).
  967
  968refunctor_opt('OPTION', opt(OptName, OptVal), Result) :-
  969    !,
  970    Result =.. [OptName, OptVal].
  971
  972refunctor_opt(F, opt(OptName, OptVal), Result) :-
  973    Result =.. [F, OptName, OptVal]. %}}}
  974
  975
  976%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ACCESSORS
  977
  978flags(OptSpec, Flags) :- memberchk(shortflags(Flags), OptSpec).
  979flags(OptSpec, Flags) :- memberchk(longflags(Flags), OptSpec). %}}}
  980
  981%{{{ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% UTILS
  982is_list_of_atoms([]).
  983is_list_of_atoms([X|Xs]) :- atom(X), is_list_of_atoms(Xs).
  984%}}}