Added help function

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/example/comptime-clap.zig b/example/comptime-clap.zig
index 3b7b42b..b275dc7 100644
--- a/example/comptime-clap.zig
+++ b/example/comptime-clap.zig
@@ -4,25 +4,25 @@ const clap = @import("clap");
 const debug = std.debug;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
+    const stdout_file = try std.io.getStdOut();
+    var stdout_out_stream = stdout_file.outStream();
+    const stdout = &stdout_out_stream.stream;
+
     var direct_allocator = std.heap.DirectAllocator.init();
     const allocator = &direct_allocator.allocator;
     defer direct_allocator.deinit();
 
     // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
-    const params = comptime []clap.Param(void){
-        // Param.init takes 3 arguments.
-        // * An "id", which can be any type specified by the argument to Param. The
-        //   ComptimeClap expects clap.Param(void) only.
-        // * A bool which determins wether the parameter takes a value.
-        // * A "Names" struct, which determins what names the parameter will have on the
-        //   commandline. Names.prefix inits a "Names" struct that has the "short" name
-        //   set to the first letter, and the "long" name set to the full name.
-        clap.Param(void).flag({}, clap.Names.prefix("help")),
-        clap.Param(void).option({}, clap.Names.prefix("number")),
-
-        // Names.positional returns a "Names" struct where neither the "short" or "long"
-        // name is set.
-        clap.Param(void).positional({}),
+    const params = comptime []clap.Param([]const u8){
+        clap.Param([]const u8).flag(
+            "Display this help and exit.",
+            clap.Names.prefix("help")
+        ),
+        clap.Param([]const u8).option(
+            "An option parameter, which takes a value.",
+            clap.Names.prefix("number"),
+        ),
+        clap.Param([]const u8).positional(""),
     };
 
     // We then initialize an argument iterator. We will use the OsIterator as it nicely
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const exe = try iter.next();
 
     // Finally we can parse the arguments
-    var args = try clap.ComptimeClap(void, params).parse(allocator, clap.args.OsIterator.Error, iter);
+    var args = try clap.ComptimeClap([]const u8, params).parse(allocator, clap.args.OsIterator.Error, iter);
     defer args.deinit();
 
+    // clap.help is a function that can print a simple help message, given a
+    // slice of Param([]const u8). There is also a helpEx, which can print a
+    // help message for any Param, but it is more verbose to call.
     if (args.flag("--help"))
-        debug.warn("Help!\n");
+        return try clap.help(stdout, params);
     if (args.option("--number")) |n|
         debug.warn("--number = {}\n", n);
     for (args.positionals()) |pos|
diff --git a/example/streaming-clap.zig b/example/streaming-clap.zig
index 013c1d4..57ebe71 100644
--- a/example/streaming-clap.zig
+++ b/example/streaming-clap.zig
@@ -10,18 +10,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
     const params = []clap.Param(u8){
-        // Param.init takes 3 arguments.
-        // * An "id", which can be any type specified by the argument to Param. Here, we
-        //   use a "u8" as the "id" type.
-        // * A bool which determins wether the parameter takes a value.
-        // * A "Names" struct, which determins what names the parameter will have on the
-        //   commandline. Names.prefix inits a "Names" struct that has the "short" name
-        //   set to the first letter, and the "long" name set to the full name.
         clap.Param(u8).flag('h', clap.Names.prefix("help")),
         clap.Param(u8).option('n', clap.Names.prefix("number")),
-
-        // Names.positional returns a "Names" struct where neither the "short" or "long"
-        // name is set.
         clap.Param(u8).positional('f'),
     };