[Click] ANNOUNCE/RFC: Type-safe argument parsing

[Bart Braem]

Hi Eddie,

On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:26, Eddie Kohler wrote:

> A longstanding Click annoyance is argument parsing, which has been rewritten 
> more than once.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I am interested in feedback and comments.  Please look and report any 
> problems.  Thanks to Cliff for discussion.


Although this would mean rewriting configuration parsing documentation, we completely agree that cp_va was not straightforward to use. If the compiler can provide more error checking, this certainly would help our students. So yes, we think this is a good idea!

best regards,
Bart
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