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User & Date: andy 2019-04-26 17:51:32.914
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2019-11-24
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Merge trunk Leaf check-in: eccc25a0c4 user: andy tags: amg-argparse
2019-04-26
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Beginnings of effort to rework validation to allow validators to see all results, not just the current value check-in: 36387739e6 user: andy tags: amg-argparse-validation
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Update to-do list check-in: 9064b9d02f user: andy tags: amg-argparse
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Continue writing documentation check-in: 2c12551d21 user: andy tags: amg-argparse
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- Remove `-boolean` 
  - Instead, act as if `-boolean` were always being passed to [argparse]
  - Remove `-keep` as well
  - Add an `-unset` switch to selectively change the behavior to unsetting a
    variable or omitting a dict key when the switch is not present
- Remove `-switch` and `-parameter`
  - Instead make `-` "shorthand" mandatory when declaring a switch














- Documentation
  - Instead of having a big comment, use doctools
- Help text generation
  - Parameter and switch descriptions given by per-element `-help` switch
  - Need overall `-help` switch to provide narrative description
  - May need special grouping elements to organize switches and parameters
  - Text formatting and word wrapping
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- Add switch to put parameters before switches
  - Some Tcl commands work this way
  - Examples: [chan copy], [zlib gunzip], [clock], [registry broadcast]
- Remove `-boolean` 
  - Instead, act as if `-boolean` were always being passed to [argparse]
  - Remove `-keep` as well
  - Add an `-unset` switch to selectively change the behavior to unsetting a
    variable or omitting a dict key when the switch is not present
- Remove `-switch` and `-parameter`
  - Instead make `-` "shorthand" mandatory when declaring a switch
- Change from a result dict to a result array
  - Makes more complex validation expressions possible
  - If `-inline` is used, use [array get] to get the return value
- Allow validation expressions to see the result array, not just the switch or
  parameter being validated
  - Use [upvar] rather than [array get] and [array set] to expose the result
    array into the validation expression
  - Also use [upvar] to link the arg variable to the current value
  - Validation expressions can then be (ab)used to modify the results
  - Necessary to do validation expressions as a separate final pass
  - Still do enumeration immediately so their final result values will be
    reflected in the validation
- Allow enumerations to have validation expressions
  - No real reason why these two have to conflict
- Documentation
  - Instead of having a big comment, use doctools
- Help text generation
  - Parameter and switch descriptions given by per-element `-help` switch
  - Need overall `-help` switch to provide narrative description
  - May need special grouping elements to organize switches and parameters
  - Text formatting and word wrapping