commit 75dfabaefd80e4921a1260acaf137293b91a3563
Author: Himadri Bhattacharjee <107522312+lavafroth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 13:46:03 2026 +0530

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diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "kwargs"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "kwargs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1773840656,
+        "narHash": "sha256-9tpvMGFteZnd3gRQZFlRCohVpqooygFuy9yjuyRL2C0=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "9cf7092bdd603554bd8b63c216e8943cf9b12512",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "flake for github:lavafroth/shush";
+
+  outputs =
+    {
+      nixpkgs,
+      ...
+    }:
+    let
+      forAllSystems =
+        f:
+        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs nixpkgs.lib.systems.flakeExposed (system: f nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+    in
+    {
+
+      devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+
+        default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+          ];
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH = with pkgs; lib.makeLibraryPath [
+            wayland-protocols
+            wayland
+            libxkbcommon
+            libGL
+          ];
+        };
+
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+use std::{
+    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
+    error::Error,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Args {
+    datatypes: BTreeMap<String, TemplateBlock>,
+    global: BTreeMap<String, Any>,
+    unseen: BTreeSet<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TemplateBlock {
+    datatype: AnyToken,
+    default: Option<Any>,
+}
+
+impl Args {
+    fn new(template: &str) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let mut datatypes = BTreeMap::new();
+        let mut unseen = BTreeSet::new();
+        for argument in template.split_whitespace() {
+            let Some((argument, type_and_default)) = argument.split_once(":") else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let (datatype, default) = match type_and_default.split_once("=") {
+                Some((datatype, default)) => (datatype, Some(default)),
+                None => (type_and_default, None),
+            };
+            let datatype = match datatype {
+                _ if datatype.starts_with("f64") => AnyToken::F64,
+                _ if datatype.starts_with("u64") => AnyToken::U64,
+                _ if datatype.starts_with("i64") => AnyToken::I64,
+                _ => AnyToken::String,
+            };
+
+            let default = match argument.split_once(".") {
+                Some((mutually_exclusive_section, _argument)) => {
+                    unseen.insert(mutually_exclusive_section.to_string());
+                    None
+                }
+                None => {
+                    unseen.insert(argument.to_string());
+                    if let Some(default) = default {
+                        Some(datatype.parse(default)?)
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            datatypes.insert(argument.to_string(), TemplateBlock { datatype, default });
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            unseen,
+            datatypes,
+            global: BTreeMap::default(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum Any {
+    I64(i64),
+    U64(u64),
+    F64(f64),
+    String(String),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum AnyToken {
+    I64,
+    U64,
+    F64,
+    String,
+}
+
+impl AnyToken {
+    fn parse(&self, s: &str) -> Result<Any, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(match self {
+            AnyToken::I64 => Any::I64(s.parse()?),
+            AnyToken::U64 => Any::U64(s.parse()?),
+            AnyToken::F64 => Any::F64(s.parse()?),
+            AnyToken::String => Any::String(s.parse()?),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let help_string =
+        "speed:f64\ntime:u64=30\nlight.wavelength:f64:nanometers\nlight.frequency:f64:petahertz";
+    let mut args = Args::new(help_string).expect("bob");
+    // println!("{:#?}", args);
+
+    for arg in std::env::args().skip(1) {
+        let Some((key, value)) = arg.split_once("=") else {
+            println!("positional argument: {arg}");
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        let Some(template) = args.datatypes.get(key) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        let Ok(parsed_value) = template.datatype.parse(value) else {
+            eprintln!("{}", help_string);
+            return;
+        };
+
+        let section = match key.split_once(".") {
+            Some((mutually_exclusive, _key)) => mutually_exclusive,
+            None => key,
+        };
+
+        if !args.unseen.remove(section) {
+            eprintln!("a key under the `{}` section is already used", section);
+            eprintln!("{}", help_string);
+            return;
+        };
+        args.global.insert(key.to_owned(), parsed_value);
+    }
+    // println!("{:#?}", args.unseen);
+
+    for key in args.unseen.iter() {
+        let Some(TemplateBlock {
+            default: Some(v), ..
+        }) = args.datatypes.get(key)
+        else {
+            eprintln!("no values specified for `{}`", key);
+            eprintln!("{}", help_string);
+            return;
+        };
+        args.global.insert(key.to_string(), v.clone());
+    }
+    // println!("{}", help_string);
+    println!("{:#?}", args.global);
+}