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Tries to parse the supplied options against input arguments. If successful, parsed option callbacks are returned in Right. Otherwise an OptionsError is returned in Left.

Example program:

import System.Environment
import Text.LambdaOptions


options :: Options IO () ()
options = do
    addOption (kw ["--help", "-h"] `text` "Display this help text.") $ do
        putStrLn "Usage:"
        putStrLn $ getHelpDescription options
    addOption (kw "--user" `argText` "NAME" `text` "Prints name.") $ \name -> do
        putStrLn $ "Name:" ++ name
    addOption (kw "--user" `argText` "NAME AGE" `text` "Prints name and age.") $ \name age -> do
        putStrLn $ "Name:" ++ name ++ " Age:" ++ show (age :: Int)


main :: IO ()
main = do
    args <- getArgs
    case runOptions options args of
        Left (ParseFailed msg _ _) -> do
            putStrLn msg
            putStrLn $ getHelpDescription options
        Right actions -> sequence_ actions

>>> example.exe --user HaskellCurry 81 --user GraceHopper
Name:HaskellCurry Age:81
Name:GraceHopper
>>> example.exe -h
Usage:
-h, --help                  Display this help text.
    --user NAME             Prints name.
    --user NAME AGE         Prints name and age.
>>> example.exe --user Pythagoras LXXV
Unknown option at index 2: `LXXV'
Usage:
-h, --help                  Display this help text.
    --user NAME             Prints name.
    --user NAME AGE         Prints name and age.

A monad for parsing options.

Contains information about what went wrong during an unsuccessful options parse.

Describes the callback f to be called for a successfully parsed option.

The function (or value) f can have any arity and ultimately returns a value with type Monad m => m a

Each of the callback's arguments must have a type t which implements Parseable and Typeable.

Think of this as the following constraint synonym:

type OptionCallback m a f = (Monad m, f ~ (Parseable t*, Typeable t*) => t0 -> t1 -> ... -> tN -> m a)

Example callbacks:

f0 = putStrLn "Option parsed!" :: IO ()
f1 = put :: String -> State String ()
f2 n = liftIO (print n) :: (MonadIO m) => Int -> m ()
f3 name year ratio = lift (print (name, year, ratio)) :: (MonadTrans m) => String -> Int -> Float -> m IO ()
f4 = return 7 :: Identity Int

Adds the supplied option to the Options m a () context.

If the keyword is matched and the types of the callback's parameters can successfully be parsed, the callback is called with the parsed arguments.

Produces the help description given by the input options.

Produces the Keywords inserted into the input options.