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<h1 class="title">cmdr::validate::common(n) 1.2 doc "Cmdr, a framework for command line parsing and dispatch"</h1>
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<p>cmdr::validate::common - Cmdr - Utilities for Validation Types</p>
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<li class="section"><a href="#toc">Table Of Contents</a></li>
<li class="section"><a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li>
<li class="section"><a href="#section1">Description</a></li>
<li class="section"><a href="#section2">API</a></li>
<li class="section"><a href="#section3">Bugs, Ideas, Feedback</a></li>
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<li class="section"><a href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li>
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<div id="synopsis" class="section"><h2><a name="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
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<ul class="requirements">
<li>package require <b class="pkgname">cmdr::validate::common</b></li>
</ul>
<ul class="syntax">
<li><a href="#1"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#2"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-thing</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#3"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-thing-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#4"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-simple</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#5"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-simple-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#6"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-thing</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#7"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-thing-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#8"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-simple</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#9"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-simple-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#10"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-enum</b> <i class="arg">choices</i> <i class="arg">nocase</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></li>
<li><a href="#11"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-substr</b> <i class="arg">choices</i> <i class="arg">nocase</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></li>
<li><a href="#12"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-glob</b> <i class="arg">filter</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></li>
<li><a href="#13"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">ok-directory</b> <i class="arg">path</i></a></li>
<li><a href="#14"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">lead-in</b> <i class="arg">text</i></a></li>
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<div id="section1" class="section"><h2><a name="section1">Description</a></h2>
<p>Welcome to the Cmdr project, written by Andreas Kupries.</p>
<p>For availability please read <i class="term"><a href="cmdr_howto_get_sources.html">Cmdr - How To Get The Sources</a></i>.</p>
<p>This package publicly exports three commands for use in the
implementation of validation types.
The standard validation types defined in package
<b class="package"><a href="cmdr_validate.html">cmdr::validate</a></b> make use of these commands.</p>
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<div id="section2" class="section"><h2><a name="section2">API</a></h2>
<dl class="definitions">
<dt><a name="1"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
Expected $type for $p.type "$x"$context, got "$x"
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="2"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-thing</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
Found a problem with $p.type "$p.the-name":
A(n) $type named "$x" does not exist$context.
Please use a different value.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="3"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-thing-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>A variant of <b class="method">fail-unknown-thing</b> which takes an additional
user-specified message text as the first argument.</p>
<p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
Found a problem with $p.type "$p.the-name":
A(n) $type named "$x" does not exist$context.
$msg.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">msg</i></dt>
<dd><p>A custom message to put into the generated error message.
See the example above.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="4"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-simple</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
$type "$x" does not exist$context.
Please use a different value.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="5"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-unknown-simple-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>A variant of <b class="method">fail-unknown-simple</b> which takes an additional
user-specified message text as the first argument.</p>
<p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
$type "$x" does not exist$context.
$msg.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">msg</i></dt>
<dd><p>A custom message to put into the generated error message.
See the example above.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="6"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-thing</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
Found a problem with $p.type "$p.the-name":
A(n) $type named "$x" already exists$context.
Please use a different name.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="7"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-thing-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>A variant of <b class="method">fail-known-thing</b> which takes an additional
user-specified message text as the first argument.</p>
<p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
Found a problem with $p.type "$p.the-name":
A(n) $type named "$x" already exists$context.
$msg.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">msg</i></dt>
<dd><p>A custom message to put into the generated error message.
See the example above.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="8"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-simple</b> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
$type named "$x" already exists$context.
Please use a different name.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="9"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">fail-known-simple-msg</b> <i class="arg">msg</i> <i class="arg">p</i> <i class="arg">code</i> <i class="arg">type</i> <i class="arg">x</i> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">context</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>A variant of <b class="method">fail-known-simple</b> which takes an additional
user-specified message text as the first argument.</p>
<p>When invoked this command throws an error indicating a validation type
failure. The arguments provide the information used to construct both
error message and code.</p>
<p>The generated string has the form:</p>
<pre class="example">
$type named "$x" already exists$context.
$msg.
</pre>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">msg</i></dt>
<dd><p>A custom message to put into the generated error message.
See the example above.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> <i class="arg">p</i></dt>
<dd><p>The <b class="package"><a href="cmdr_parameter.html">cmdr::parameter</a></b> instance whose validation failed.
The error message will contain this parameter's type and label
(flag in case of an option).</p></dd>
<dt>list <i class="arg">code</i></dt>
<dd><p>A list of additional elements for the error code to throw.
Should detail the internal name of the validation type triggering the
error.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">type</i></dt>
<dd><p>A string holding a human-readable name for the validation type
triggering the error. (Conversely to the <i class="arg">code</i>, which is for
machine-readability, i.e. trapping)</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">x</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string value which failed the validation.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">context</i></dt>
<dd><p>Additional context to show in the message.
Defaults to the empty string.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="10"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-enum</b> <i class="arg">choices</i> <i class="arg">nocase</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command returns a list of strings containing just
the elements of <i class="arg">choices</i> the value of <i class="arg">buffer</i> is a prefix
of. When <i class="arg">nocase</i> is set the command will ignore letter case and
treat the string in <i class="arg">buffer</i> as all-lowercase.</p>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>list <i class="arg">choices</i></dt>
<dd><p>The list of values which can complete the data in <i class="arg">buffer</i>.</p></dd>
<dt>boolean <i class="arg">nocase</i></dt>
<dd><p>A boolean flag specifying if the completion is done ignoring
letter-case (<b class="const">true</b>, <b class="const">nocase</b>), or not (<b class="const">false</b>)).</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">buffer</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string to complete via the list of <i class="arg">choices</i>.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="11"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-substr</b> <i class="arg">choices</i> <i class="arg">nocase</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command returns a list of strings containing just
the elements of <i class="arg">choices</i> the value of <i class="arg">buffer</i> is a substring
of. When <i class="arg">nocase</i> is set the command will ignore letter case and
treat the string in <i class="arg">buffer</i> as all-lowercase.</p>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>list <i class="arg">choices</i></dt>
<dd><p>The list of values which can complete the data in <i class="arg">buffer</i>.</p></dd>
<dt>boolean <i class="arg">nocase</i></dt>
<dd><p>A boolean flag specifying if the completion is done ignoring
letter-case (<b class="const">true</b>, <b class="const">nocase</b>), or not (<b class="const">false</b>)).</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">buffer</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string to complete via the list of <i class="arg">choices</i>.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="12"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">complete-glob</b> <i class="arg">filter</i> <i class="arg">buffer</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command returns a list of strings, the paths in the
filesystem the value of <i class="arg">buffer</i> is a prefix of, and not rejected
by the <i class="arg">filter</i> command (prefix).</p>
<p>Note that when the value of <i class="arg">buffer</i> is a relative path the
current working directory is used to locate matches.</p>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>cmd-prefix <i class="arg">filter</i></dt>
<dd><p>A command prefix taking a single argument, the candidate path, and
returning a boolean value indicating (non-)acceptance of the path. A
result of <b class="const">true</b> accepts the candidate, <b class="const">false</b> rejects
it.</p></dd>
<dt>string <i class="arg">buffer</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string, a partial path, to complete.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="13"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">ok-directory</b> <i class="arg">path</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>When invoked this command checks if the specified <i class="arg">path</i> is
suitable as a directory and returns the boolean value <b class="const">true</b> if
so, and <b class="const">false</b> else.</p>
<p>for the <i class="arg">path</i> to be suitable the following conditions must hold:</p>
<ol class="enumerated">
<li><p>If the <i class="arg">path</i> exists:</p>
<ol class="enumerated">
<li><p>The path has to refer to a directory.</p></li>
<li><p>The referenced directory must be writable.</p></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><p>Else:</p>
<ol class="enumerated">
<li><p>The parent path has to pass <b class="cmd">ok-directory</b>.</p></li>
<li><p>The above recursion stops at the root directory, and then fails.</p></li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">path</i></dt>
<dd><p>The path to check.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a name="14"><b class="cmd">::cmdr::validate::common</b> <b class="method">lead-in</b> <i class="arg">text</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>A utility command supporting the construction of error messages. Given the
<i class="arg">text</i> the command returns a modified text with a proper prefix of
either <b class="const">A</b> or <b class="const">An</b>.</p>
<p>The basic heuristics is to use <b class="const">An</b> if <i class="arg">text</i> begins with
a vocal, and <b class="const">A</b> otherwise. This heuristic is bypassed if the the
<i class="arg">text</i> already has a prefix of <b class="const">An</b> or <b class="const">A</b> separated by a
space from the remainder of the string. In that case the <i class="arg">text</i> is
returned as-is.</p>
<p>This command is used by <b class="cmd">fail</b>, <b class="cmd">fail-known-thing</b> and
<b class="cmd">fail-unknown-thing</b> provided by this package. All apply it to their
<i class="arg">type</i> argument.</p>
<dl class="arguments">
<dt>string <i class="arg">text</i></dt>
<dd><p>The string to prefix with a leading <b class="const">A</b> or <b class="const">An</b>.</p></dd>
</dl></dd>
</dl>
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bugs and other problems.
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