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0 pointssimias5y ago0 comments

Interesting that I missed clap when I wrote that program a few years ago then. In my defence "argparse" is a lot more explicit than "clap" for a such a library. Also argparse's last update was 2 years ago, so there's been quite a bit of overlap.

I guess what I'm saying is that it's an other problem with the current package ecosystem: you often end up finding multiple packages purporting to do what you need, and it can be tricky to figure out which one you want. As an example, if you want a simple logging backend the log crate currently lists 6 possibilities: https://crates.io/crates/log

I picked "simple_logger" basically at random.

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monsieurbanana5y ago

> it's an other problem with the current package ecosystem: you often end up finding multiple packages purporting to do what you need, and it can be tricky to figure out which one you want

I'm trying to remember the last language I've used where people didn't say that.

Hmm... clojure? Nop.

Javascript? Nop nop nop.

Python? Hahaha I can't even remember all the package managers: virtualenv, venv, pipenv, poetry, ...

burntsushi5y ago

Seems like an unavoidable problem unless you buy into a curated ecosystem. Like, yeah, the cost of a decentralized ecosystem is that you have to do your due diligence on which crate to use, if any. (For example, I don't even bother with a log helper crate because it just isn't necessary for simple cases.)

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