argparse

The future value of an argument.

You can obtain an instance of this class through the various param() methods of ArgumentParser.

Once arguments have been parsed by the ArgumentParser, the .value() method in this class will become available.

The recommended API bundle. Includes readers for most common types.

Properties of the current terminal.

Common directories for user applications, as specified by the XDG Base Directory Specification, with some adaptations made for macOS.

Common directories for an application of a given name.

The directories here are implemented as a mix of the XDG Base Directory Specification, macOS adaptations and a fallback to classic unix directories for system applications.

Applications are encouraged to use these directories instead of creating their own hierarchies. They are particularly well-suited for use as parameter defaults, for example:

val parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
val cache = parser.param[os.Path](
 "--cache-dir",
 default = argparse.dirs("myapp").cache