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dmd.cli

Compiler implementation of the D programming language.

This modules defines the help texts for the CLI options offered by DMD. This file is not shared with other compilers which use the DMD front-end. However, this file will be used to generate the online documentation and MAN pages.

Authors:

Walter Bright

License:

Boost License 1.0

Source cli.d

Documentation https://dlang.org/phobos/dmd_cli.html

Coverage https://codecov.io/gh/dlang/dmd/src/master/src/dmd/cli.d

enum TargetOS: int;

Bit decoding of the TargetOS

bool isCurrentTargetOS(TargetOS os);

Checks whether os is the current TargetOS. For TargetOS.all it will always return true.

Parameters:

TargetOS os TargetOS to check

Returns:

true iff os contains the current targetOS.

static string capitalize(string w);

Capitalize a the first character of a ASCII string.

Parameters:

string w ASCII i string to capitalize

Returns:

capitalized string

struct Usage;

Contains all available CLI Usage.Options.

See Also:

Usage.Option

struct Option;

Representation of a CLI Option

The DDoc description ddoxText is only available when compiled with -version=DdocOptions.

string flag;

The CLI flag without leading -, e.g. color

string helpText;

A detailed description of the flag

TargetOS os;

For which TargetOS the flags are applicable

this(string flag, string helpText, TargetOS os = TargetOS.all); this(string flag, string helpText, string ddocText, TargetOS os = TargetOS.all);

Parameters:

string `flag`	CLI flag without leading -, e.g. color
string `helpText`	detailed description of the flag
TargetOS `os`	for which TargetOS the flags are applicable
string `ddocText`	detailed description of the flag (in Ddoc)

static immutable Option[] options;

Returns all available CLI options

struct Feature;

Representation of a CLI feature

string name;: name of the feature

static immutable Feature[] transitions;

Returns all available transitions

static immutable Feature[] reverts;

Returns all available reverts

static immutable Feature[] previews;

Returns all available previews

struct CLIUsage;

Formats the Options for CLI printing.

static string usage();: Returns a string of all available CLI options for the current targetOS. Options are separated by newlines.
enum string mcpuUsage;: CPU architectures supported -mcpu=id
enum string transitionUsage;: Language changes listed by -transition=id
enum string revertUsage;: Language changes listed by -revert
enum string previewUsage;: Language previews listed by -preview
enum string checkActionUsage;: Options supported by -checkaction=
enum string checkUsage;: Options supported by -check
enum string externStdUsage;: Options supported by -extern-std

Library Reference

dmd.cli