Version 2.0: Cleanup & TOML

[henryiii]

This version focuses on cleaning up deprecated functionality, and some minor
default changes. The config processing is TOML compliant now. Atomics and
complex numbers are directly supported, along with other container
improvements. A new version flag option has finally been added. Subcommands are
significantly improved with new features and bugfixes for corner cases. This
release contains a lot of backend cleanup, including a complete overhaul of the
testing system and single file generation system.

• Built-in config format is TOML compliant now #435
  • Support multiline TOML #528
  • Support for configurable quotes #599
  • Support short/positional options in config mode #443
• More powerful containers, support for %% separator #423
• Support atomic types #520 and complex types natively #423
• Add a type validator CLI::TypeValidator<TYPE> #526
• Add a version flag easily #452, with help message #601
• Support ->silent() on subcommands. #529
• Add alias section to help for subcommands #545
• Allow quotes to specify a program name #605
• Backend: redesigned MakeSingleFiles to have a higher level of manual control, to support future features. #546
• Backend: moved testing from GTest to Catch2 #574
• Bugfix: avoid duplicated and missed calls to the final callback #584
• Bugfix: support embedded newlines in more places #592
• Bugfix: avoid listing helpall as a required flag #530
• Bugfix: avoid a clash with WINDOWS define #563
• Bugfix: the help flag didn't get processed when a config file was required #606
• Bugfix: fix description of non-configurable subcommands in config #604
• Build: support pkg-config #523

Converting from CLI11 1.9:

• Removed deprecated set commands, use validators instead. #565
• The final "defaulted" bool has been removed, use ->capture_default_str()
  instead. Use app.option_defaults()->always_capture_default() to set this for
  all future options. #597
• Use add_option on a complex number instead of add_complex, which has been removed.

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This discussion was created from the release Version 2.0: Cleanup & TOML.

[dvhwgumby]

Ha, I just downloaded the package for the first time (been reading the docs online). Looks like I picked the right day (and time!) to do so!

[coder137]

Hi, Would like to clarify a doubt.
I was taking a look at this #486 (Multiple TOML configuration files for concat)

What is the behavior when multiple toml files have the same parameter?

For example:

test.toml

test=true

no_test.toml

test=false

If I run my executable as --config test.toml --config no_test.toml can I expect that no_test.toml will override test.toml?