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		andrewguy9 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the fi... Docopt! http://docopt.org/ Make use of the usage string be the specification! A criminally underused library.

fragmede 5 months ago | [–]

My favorite. A bit too much magic for some, but it seems well specified to me.

tomjakubowski 5 months ago | [–]

A great example of "declaration follows use" outside of C syntax.

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