Implement automatic help printing and exit functionality#5
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Implement automatic help printing and exit functionality
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This PR implements automatic help printing and program exit behavior as requested in the issue. The parser now automatically handles help requests and parse errors without requiring manual intervention.
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New Default Behavior
-hor--helpis provided, the parser automatically prints the help message and exitsBackward Compatibility
set_auto_help(bool enable)method to disable auto-help for existing codebasesparser.set_auto_help(false)Example Usage
New default behavior (auto-help enabled):
Before:
After:
Backward compatible usage:
Implementation Details
auto_help_enabledmember (default:true)is_help_requested()andprint_help_and_exit()parse()to check for help requests and handle errors automaticallytest_auto_help.cc) with 7 test casesTesting
Fixes #4.
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