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Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time

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203 points dahlia | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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adamddev1 ◴[07 Sep 25 05:39 UTC] No.45155685[source]▶
Yay for parser combinators in the JS/TS wild!
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1. brabel ◴[07 Sep 25 08:59 UTC] No.45156564[source]▶
Exactly, the author's library is just a parser combinator [1] that specializes in providing constructs mirrorring CLI options.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parser_combinator