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v1

v1.21.0

Aug 17, 2026

v1.20.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.19.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.18.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.17.1

Aug 16, 2026

v1.17.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.16.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.15.0

Aug 16, 2026

v1.14.0

Aug 16, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func WithChoices[T interface{ ... }](opt T, choices ...string) T

+ func WithDefault[T interface{ ... }](opt T, value string) T

+ func WithMetavar[T interface{ ... }](opt T, metavar string) T

+ func WithNargs[T interface{ ... }](opt T, nargs Nargs) T

+ func WithOptionalArgument[T interface{ ... }](opt T, constValue string) T

+ type BoolOption struct

+ Value *bool

+ func NewBoolOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, value *bool) *BoolOption

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *BoolOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *BoolOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *BoolOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *BoolOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *BoolOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *BoolOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (boolOption *BoolOption) Set(_ string) error

+ type ChoiceNormalizer interface

+ NormalizeChoice func(string) (string, error)

+ type ChoicesProvider interface

+ GetChoices func() []string

+ type ConstProvider interface

+ GetConst func() string

+ type CountedOption struct

+ Count *int

+ func NewCountedOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, count *int) *CountedOption

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *CountedOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *CountedOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *CountedOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *CountedOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *CountedOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *CountedOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (countedOption *CountedOption) Set(_ string) error

+ type DefaultProvider interface

+ GetDefault func() *string

+ type FileOption struct

+ File *os.File

+ Flag int

+ Mode os.FileMode

+ func NewFileOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, file *os.File) *FileOption

+ func NewFileOptionExtra(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, flag int, ...) *FileOption

+ func (base *FileOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *FileOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *FileOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *FileOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *FileOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *FileOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *FileOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *FileOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *FileOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (fileOption *FileOption) Set(in string) error

+ type IntOption struct

+ Value *int

+ func NewIntOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, value *int) *IntOption

+ func (base *IntOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *IntOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *IntOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *IntOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *IntOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *IntOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *IntOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *IntOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *IntOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (intOption *IntOption) NormalizeChoice(in string) (string, error)

+ func (intOption *IntOption) Set(in string) error

+ type IntsOption struct

+ Value *[]int

+ func NewIntsOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, value *[]int) *IntsOption

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *IntsOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *IntsOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *IntsOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *IntsOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *IntsOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *IntsOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (intsOption *IntsOption) NormalizeChoice(in string) (string, error)

+ func (intsOption *IntsOption) Set(in string) error

+ type Nargs string

+ const NargsAny

+ const NargsAtLeastOne

+ const NargsNone

+ const NargsOne

+ const NargsOptional

+ func (nargs Nargs) IsVariadic() bool

+ func (nargs Nargs) Minimum() int

+ type Option interface

+ GetLongName func() string

+ GetMetavar func() string

+ GetNargs func() Nargs

+ GetRequired func() bool

+ GetShortName func() string

+ GetUsage func() string

+ Set func(string) error

+ type StringOption struct

+ Value *string

+ func NewStringOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, value *string) *StringOption

+ func (base *StringOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *StringOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *StringOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *StringOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *StringOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *StringOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *StringOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *StringOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *StringOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (stringOption *StringOption) Set(in string) error

+ type StringsOption struct

+ Value *[]string

+ func NewStringsOption(shortName rune, longName string, usage string, required bool, value *[]string) *StringsOption

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetChoices() []string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetConst() string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetDefault() *string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetLongName() string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetMetavar() string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetNargs() Nargs

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetRequired() bool

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetShortName() string

+ func (base *StringsOption) GetUsage() string

+ func (base *StringsOption) SetChoices(choices ...string)

+ func (base *StringsOption) SetConst(value string)

+ func (base *StringsOption) SetDefault(value string)

+ func (base *StringsOption) SetMetavar(metavar string)

+ func (base *StringsOption) SetNargs(nargs Nargs)

+ func (stringsOption *StringsOption) Set(in string) error