Add from_flag parser

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v0.3.3 (Upcoming)
+* Add `from_flag` custom parser to create flags from non-bool types.
+  Fixes [#185](https://github.com/TeXitoi/structopt/issues/185)
+
 # v0.3.2 (2019-09-18)
 
 * `structopt` does not replace `:` with `, ` inside "author" strings while inside `<...>`.

src/lib.rs

@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@
 //! | `from_os_str`     | `fn(&OsStr) -> T`                     | `::std::convert::From::from`    |
 //! | `try_from_os_str` | `fn(&OsStr) -> Result<T, OsString>`   | (no default function)           |
 //! | `from_occurrences`| `fn(u64) -> T`                        | `value as T`                    |
+//! | `from_flag`       | `fn(bool) -> T`                       | `::std::convert::From::from`    |
 //!
 //! The `from_occurrences` parser is special. Using `parse(from_occurrences)`
 //! results in the _number of flags occurrences_ being stored in the relevant
@@ -692,6 +693,10 @@
 //! `.takes_value(false).multiple(true)`. Note that the default parser can only
 //! be used with fields of integer types (`u8`, `usize`, `i64`, etc.).
 //!
+//! The `from_flag` parser is also special. Using `parse(from_flag)` or
+//! `parse(from_flag = some_func)` will result in the field being treated as a
+//! flag even if it does not have type `bool`.
+//!
 //! When supplying a custom string parser, `bool` will not be treated specially:
 //!
 //! Type        | Effect            | Added method call to `clap::Arg`

structopt-derive/src/attrs.rs

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ pub enum ParserKind {
     FromOsStr,
     TryFromOsStr,
     FromOccurrences,
+    FromFlag,
 }
 
 /// Defines the casing for the attributes long representation.
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ impl Parser {
             "from_os_str" => FromOsStr,
             "try_from_os_str" => TryFromOsStr,
             "from_occurrences" => FromOccurrences,
+            "from_flag" => FromFlag,
             s => span_error!(spec.kind.span(), "unsupported parser `{}`", s),
         };
 
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ impl Parser {
                     "cannot omit parser function name with `try_from_os_str`"
                 ),
                 FromOccurrences => quote_spanned!(spec.kind.span()=> { |v| v as _ }),
+                FromFlag => quote_spanned!(spec.kind.span()=> ::std::convert::From::from),
             },
 
             Some(func) => match func {

structopt-derive/src/lib.rs

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ fn gen_augmentation(
                 };
 
                 let occurrences = *attrs.parser().kind == ParserKind::FromOccurrences;
+                let flag = *attrs.parser().kind == ParserKind::FromFlag;
 
                 let parser = attrs.parser();
                 let func = &parser.func;
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ fn gen_augmentation(
                         .multiple(true)
                     },
 
+                    Ty::Other if flag => quote_spanned! { ty.span()=>
+                        .takes_value(false)
+                        .multiple(false)
+                    },
+
                     Ty::Other => {
                         let required = !attrs.has_method("default_value");
                         quote_spanned! { ty.span()=>
@@ -267,8 +273,10 @@ fn gen_constructor(fields: &Punctuated<Field, Comma>, parent_attribute: &Attrs)
                         quote!(),
                         func.clone(),
                     ),
+                    FromFlag => (quote!(), quote!(), func.clone()),
                 };
 
+                let flag = *attrs.parser().kind == ParserKind::FromFlag;
                 let occurrences = *attrs.parser().kind == ParserKind::FromOccurrences;
                 let name = attrs.cased_name();
                 let field_value = match **ty {
@@ -305,6 +313,10 @@ fn gen_constructor(fields: &Punctuated<Field, Comma>, parent_attribute: &Attrs)
                         #parse(matches.#value_of(#name))
                     },
 
+                    Ty::Other if flag => quote_spanned! { ty.span()=>
+                        #parse(matches.is_present(#name))
+                    },
+
                     Ty::Other => quote_spanned! { ty.span()=>
                         matches.#value_of(#name)
                             .map(#parse)

tests/flags.rs

@@ -76,6 +76,37 @@ fn multiple_flag() {
         .is_err());
 }
 
+fn parse_from_flag(b: bool) -> std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool {
+    std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(b)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn non_bool_flags() {
+    #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
+    struct Opt {
+        #[structopt(short = "a", long = "alice", parse(from_flag = parse_from_flag))]
+        alice: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
+        #[structopt(short = "b", long = "bob", parse(from_flag))]
+        bob: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
+    }
+
+    let falsey = Opt::from_clap(&Opt::clap().get_matches_from(&["test"]));
+    assert!(!falsey.alice.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+    assert!(!falsey.bob.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+
+    let alice = Opt::from_clap(&Opt::clap().get_matches_from(&["test", "-a"]));
+    assert!(alice.alice.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+    assert!(!alice.bob.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+
+    let bob = Opt::from_clap(&Opt::clap().get_matches_from(&["test", "-b"]));
+    assert!(!bob.alice.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+    assert!(bob.bob.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+
+    let both = Opt::from_clap(&Opt::clap().get_matches_from(&["test", "-b", "-a"]));
+    assert!(both.alice.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+    assert!(both.bob.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn combined_flags() {
     #[derive(StructOpt, PartialEq, Debug)]