lipido
Overhaul handling of spaces and quotes in arguments
I've never used BitBar and don't know if I'm breaking compatibility by doing this, but here's how I think arguments should be parsed.
| arg1=value1 arg2=value\ 2 "arg3=value 3" arg4="value 4" and arg5=value" 5" 'arg 6=value 6'
Should all break down into argN=value N, kind of like how a shell would do. (I don't plan to have any keys with spaces in them, but the argument parser shouldn't care).
Gathering some feedback before I take a crack at implementing it.
I think that BitBar allows parameters without quotes. https://github.com/matryer/bitbar/blob/master/README.md If there are spaces, it seems that OSX bitbar needs double quotes (see "bash" parameter).
I am not sure about passing the parameter value inside quotes... (it seems somehow strange)
"arg3=value 3" and 'arg6=value 6'
As far as I can tell, the combination of examples I listed above is a strict superset of the BitBar ones. Hopefully I'll have time to take a crack at implementing a draft soon and we'll see.
As for passing the parameter value inside quotes, I was inspired how a shell splits arguments to a program. I.e.
grep --exclude="some file" ...
and
grep "--exclude=some file" ...
end up getting parsed/normalized to the same thing.
Ok, if it is a superset of OSX BitBar, I think that we can go forward.
Given your explanation about shell scripts parameter splitting, you have convinced me (although I never have seen this form!)