review of command line parsers

[Skaperen]

i am doing a project where it makes sense to me to use a separate option (and maybe also argument) parser. i need one that supports some specific features:

1. options that can begin with - and others using the same letters beginning with +.

2. options that have a single letter form can be combined in the same argument.

3. combing #1 and #2 by using an extra prefix character. so you could have an option like "-cf+xz" that is the same as "-cf +xz"

4. in place value assignment for last option of a mix like "-cf=.config/foo" instead of "-c -f .config/foo"

5. support for long options with -- and ++ prefixes.

has anyone become aware of any reviews that include advanced parsers like that?

[nilamo]

Maybe click?

1 and 5: https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x...characters

I'm not sure about the other requirements, though.

[Skaperen]

Maybe click?

1 and 5: https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x...characters

I'm not sure about the other requirements, though.

that looked more like one parser and not a review of parsers, and a big complicated one at that. i will be having different commands in different files while click seemed to expect multiple commands to be bunched up into one file.