A simple header-only C++ argument parser library. Supposed to be flexible and powerful, and attempts to be compatible with the functionality of the Python standard argparse library (though not necessarily the API).
The main features of taywee/args are: Argument Parsers, C++ CLI Frameworks, CLI and Argument Parsing, Command Line Interfaces.
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