fixes

cmd/wand/main.go

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ func main() {
 	man := Command("manpages", tools.Man)
 	md := Command("markdown", tools.Markdown)
 	exec := Command("exec", tools.Exec)
-	wand := Command("wand", nil, docreflect, man, md, Default(exec))
+	wand := Group("wand", docreflect, man, md, Default(exec))
 	wand = Version(wand, version)
+	wand = ShortForm(wand, "f", "no-cache", "c", "clear-cache", "d", "cache-dir")
 	conf := MergeConfig(Etc(), UserConfig())
 	Exec(wand, conf)
 }

command.go

@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 var commandNameExpression = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*$")
 
-func command(name string, impl any, subcmds ...Cmd) Cmd {
-	return Cmd{
-		name:        name,
-		impl:        impl,
-		subcommands: subcmds,
-	}
-}
-
 func wrap(impl any) Cmd {
 	cmd, ok := impl.(Cmd)
 	if ok {
@@ -219,6 +211,10 @@ func validateCommandTree(cmd Cmd, conf Config, assignedShortForms map[string]str
 		return fmt.Errorf("command name is not a valid symbol: '%s'", cmd.name)
 	}
 
+	if cmd.impl == nil && !cmd.group {
+		return fmt.Errorf("command does not have an implementation: %s", cmd.name)
+	}
+
 	if cmd.impl != nil {
 		if err := validateImpl(cmd, conf); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", cmd.name, err)

docreflect.gen.go

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.Docreflect", "\
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.Exec", "\nfunc(o, function, args)")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.ExecOptions", "")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.ExecOptions.CacheDir", "")
+docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.ExecOptions.ClearCache", "")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.ExecOptions.NoCache", "")
-docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.ExecOptions.PurgeCache", "")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.Man", "\nfunc(out, commandDir)")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.Markdown", "\nfunc(out, commandDir)")
 docreflect.Register("code.squareroundforest.org/arpio/wand/tools.copyGomod", "\nfunc(mn, dst, src)")

notes.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 speed up wand exec with smarter caching
-test starting from the most referenced file to the least referenced one
-run only the related test when testing a file
 fix notation: .build/wand net/http.Get https://squareroundforest.org | less
 fix wand exec: .build/wand -- 'func(a struct{Foo string}) string { return a.Foo }' --foo bar
 allow in wand exec: .build/wand 'regexp.MustCompile("a").MatchString' aaa
+the exec command could have an --import option for the packages, for cases when it's not possible to infer
 considering that the possible input comes from limited sources, it may make sense to not escape just every dot in markdown
+fix short form: program error: exec: exec: short form shadowing field name: no-cache
+fix error reporting: program error: exec: exec: short form shadowing field name: no-cache
+header file for the docreflect generated code
+switch to wand docreflect for the docreflect generated code
+rename wandgenerate env var to _wandgenerate
+support discard in the same config file
+trim input strings
+improve validation messages
+test starting from the most referenced file to the least referenced one
+run only the related test when testing a file
 
 reflect
 command

reflect.go

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func acceptsMultiple(t reflect.Type) bool {
 	}
 
 	switch t.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Pointer, reflect.Slice:
+	case reflect.Pointer:
 		return acceptsMultiple(t.Elem())
 	default:
 		return false

reflect_test.go

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package wand
 
 import (
-	"testing"
-	"io"
 	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestReflect(t *testing.T) {

tools/tools.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type ExecOptions struct {
 	NoCache    bool
-	PurgeCache bool
+	ClearCache bool
 	CacheDir   string
 }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func Exec(o ExecOptions, function string, args ...string) error {
 		functionDir = path.Join(cacheDir, "tmp", functionHash)
 	}
 
-	if o.NoCache || o.PurgeCache {
+	if o.NoCache || o.ClearCache {
 		if err := os.RemoveAll(functionDir); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to clean cache: %w", err)
 		}

wand.go

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ type Config struct {
 type Cmd struct {
 	name          string
 	impl          any
+	group         bool
 	subcommands   []Cmd
 	isDefault     bool
 	minPositional int
 	maxPositional int
 	shortForms    []string
-	description   string
 	isHelp        bool
 	version       string
 }
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ type Cmd struct {
 // name needs to be valid symbol. The application name should also be a valid symbol,
 // though not mandatory. If it is not, the environment variables may not work properly.
 func Command(name string, impl any, subcmds ...Cmd) Cmd {
-	return command(name, impl, subcmds...)
+	return Cmd{name: name, impl: impl, subcommands: subcmds}
+}
+
+func Group(name string, subcmds ...Cmd) Cmd {
+	return Cmd{name: name, group: true, subcommands: subcmds}
 }
 
 func Default(cmd Cmd) Cmd {
@@ -44,10 +48,10 @@ func Args(cmd Cmd, min, max int) Cmd {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func ShortFormOptions(cmd Cmd, f ...string) Cmd {
+func ShortForm(cmd Cmd, f ...string) Cmd {
 	cmd.shortForms = append(cmd.shortForms, f...)
 	for i := range cmd.subcommands {
-		cmd.subcommands[i] = ShortFormOptions(
+		cmd.subcommands[i] = ShortForm(
 			cmd.subcommands[i],
 			f...,
 		)
@@ -89,22 +93,20 @@ func Etc() Config {
 }
 
 func UserConfig() Config {
-	return OptionalConfig(MergeConfig(
+	return OptionalConfig(
+		MergeConfig(
 			Config{
 				file: func(cmd Cmd) *file {
-				return fileReader(
+					return fileReader(path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), fmt.Sprintf(".%s", cmd.name), "config"))
-					path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), fmt.Sprintf(".%s", cmd.name), "config"),
-				)
 				},
 			},
 			Config{
 				file: func(cmd Cmd) *file {
-				return fileReader(
+					return fileReader(path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".config", cmd.name, "config"))
-					path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".config", cmd.name, "config"),
+				},
+			},
+		),
 	)
-			},
-		},
-	))
 }
 
 func ConfigFromOption() Config {