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#ifndef CXXOPTS_HPP_INCLUDED
#define CXXOPTS_HPP_INCLUDED
 
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
#include <exception>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <regex>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <vector>
 
#ifdef __cpp_lib_optional
#include <optional>
#define CXXOPTS_HAS_OPTIONAL
#endif
 
#define CXXOPTS__VERSION_MAJOR 2
#define CXXOPTS__VERSION_MINOR 2
#define CXXOPTS__VERSION_PATCH 0
 
namespace cxxopts
{
    static constexpr struct
    {
        uint8_t major, minor, patch;
    } version = {CXXOPTS__VERSION_MAJOR, CXXOPTS__VERSION_MINOR, CXXOPTS__VERSION_PATCH};
} // namespace cxxopts
 
//when we ask cxxopts to use Unicode, help strings are processed using ICU,
//which results in the correct lengths being computed for strings when they
//are formatted for the help output
//it is necessary to make sure that <unicode/unistr.h> can be found by the
//compiler, and that icu-uc is linked in to the binary.
 
#ifdef CXXOPTS_USE_UNICODE
#include <unicode/unistr.h>
 
namespace cxxopts
{
    typedef icu::UnicodeString String;
 
    inline String
    toLocalString(std::string s)
    {
        return icu::UnicodeString::fromUTF8(std::move(s));
    }
 
    class UnicodeStringIterator : public std::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag, int32_t>
    {
    public:
        UnicodeStringIterator(const icu::UnicodeString* string, int32_t pos) : s(string), i(pos)
        {
        }
 
        value_type
        operator*() const
        {
            return s->char32At(i);
        }
 
        bool
        operator==(const UnicodeStringIterator& rhs) const
        {
            return s == rhs.s && i == rhs.i;
        }
 
        bool
        operator!=(const UnicodeStringIterator& rhs) const
        {
            return !(*this == rhs);
        }
 
        UnicodeStringIterator&
        operator++()
        {
            ++i;
            return *this;
        }
 
        UnicodeStringIterator
        operator+(int32_t v)
        {
            return UnicodeStringIterator(s, i + v);
        }
 
    private:
        const icu::UnicodeString* s;
        int32_t i;
    };
 
    inline String&
    stringAppend(String& s, String a)
    {
        return s.append(std::move(a));
    }
 
    inline String&
    stringAppend(String& s, int n, UChar32 c)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i)
        {
            s.append(c);
        }
 
        return s;
    }
 
    template <typename Iterator>
    String&
    stringAppend(String& s, Iterator begin, Iterator end)
    {
        while (begin != end)
        {
            s.append(*begin);
            ++begin;
        }
 
        return s;
    }
 
    inline size_t
    stringLength(const String& s)
    {
        return s.length();
    }
 
    inline std::string
    toUTF8String(const String& s)
    {
        std::string result;
        s.toUTF8String(result);
 
        return result;
    }
 
    inline bool
    empty(const String& s)
    {
        return s.isEmpty();
    }
} // namespace cxxopts
 
namespace std
{
    inline cxxopts::UnicodeStringIterator
    begin(const icu::UnicodeString& s)
    {
        return cxxopts::UnicodeStringIterator(&s, 0);
    }
 
    inline cxxopts::UnicodeStringIterator
    end(const icu::UnicodeString& s)
    {
        return cxxopts::UnicodeStringIterator(&s, s.length());
    }
} // namespace std
 
//ifdef CXXOPTS_USE_UNICODE
#else
 
namespace cxxopts
{
    typedef std::string String;
 
    template <typename T>
    T
    toLocalString(T&& t)
    {
        return std::forward<T>(t);
    }
 
    inline size_t
    stringLength(const String& s)
    {
        return s.length();
    }
 
    inline String&
    stringAppend(String& s, String a)
    {
        return s.append(std::move(a));
    }
 
    inline String&
    stringAppend(String& s, size_t n, char c)
    {
        return s.append(n, c);
    }
 
    template <typename Iterator>
    String&
    stringAppend(String& s, Iterator begin, Iterator end)
    {
        return s.append(begin, end);
    }
 
    template <typename T>
    std::string
    toUTF8String(T&& t)
    {
        return std::forward<T>(t);
    }
 
    inline bool
    empty(const std::string& s)
    {
        return s.empty();
    }
} // namespace cxxopts
 
//ifdef CXXOPTS_USE_UNICODE
#endif
 
namespace cxxopts
{
    namespace
    {
#ifdef _WIN32
        const std::string LQUOTE("\'");
        const std::string RQUOTE("\'");
#else
        const std::string LQUOTE("‘");
        const std::string RQUOTE("’");
#endif
    } // namespace
 
    class Value : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Value>
    {
    public:
        virtual ~Value() = default;
 
        virtual std::shared_ptr<Value> clone() const = 0;
 
        virtual void parse(const std::string& text) const = 0;
 
        virtual void parse() const = 0;
 
        virtual bool has_default() const = 0;
 
        virtual bool is_container() const = 0;
 
        virtual bool has_implicit() const = 0;
 
        virtual std::string get_default_value() const = 0;
 
        virtual std::string get_implicit_value() const = 0;
 
        virtual std::shared_ptr<Value> default_value(const std::string& value) = 0;
 
        virtual std::shared_ptr<Value> implicit_value(const std::string& value) = 0;
 
        virtual bool is_boolean() const = 0;
    };
 
    class OptionException : public std::exception
    {
    public:
        OptionException(const std::string& message) : m_message(message)
        {
        }
 
        virtual const char*
        what() const noexcept
        {
            return m_message.c_str();
        }
 
    private:
        std::string m_message;
    };
 
    class OptionSpecException : public OptionException
    {
    public:
        OptionSpecException(const std::string& message) : OptionException(message)
        {
        }
    };
 
    class OptionParseException : public OptionException
    {
    public:
        OptionParseException(const std::string& message) : OptionException(message)
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_exists_error : public OptionSpecException
    {
    public:
        option_exists_error(const std::string& option) :
            OptionSpecException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE + " already exists")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class invalid_option_format_error : public OptionSpecException
    {
    public:
        invalid_option_format_error(const std::string& format) :
            OptionSpecException("Invalid option format " + LQUOTE + format + RQUOTE)
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_syntax_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_syntax_exception(const std::string& text) :
            OptionParseException("Argument " + LQUOTE + text + RQUOTE +
                                 " starts with a - but has incorrect syntax")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_not_exists_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_not_exists_exception(const std::string& option) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE + " does not exist")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class missing_argument_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        missing_argument_exception(const std::string& option) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE + " is missing an argument")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_requires_argument_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_requires_argument_exception(const std::string& option) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE + " requires an argument")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_not_has_argument_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_not_has_argument_exception(const std::string& option, const std::string& arg) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE +
                                 " does not take an argument, but argument " + LQUOTE + arg +
                                 RQUOTE + " given")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_not_present_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_not_present_exception(const std::string& option) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE + " not present")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class argument_incorrect_type : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        argument_incorrect_type(const std::string& arg) :
            OptionParseException("Argument " + LQUOTE + arg + RQUOTE + " failed to parse")
        {
        }
    };
 
    class option_required_exception : public OptionParseException
    {
    public:
        option_required_exception(const std::string& option) :
            OptionParseException("Option " + LQUOTE + option + RQUOTE +
                                 " is required but not present")
        {
        }
    };
 
    namespace values
    {
        namespace
        {
            std::basic_regex<char> integer_pattern("(-)?(0x)?([0-9a-zA-Z]+)|((0x)?0)");
            std::basic_regex<char> truthy_pattern("(t|T)(rue)?");
            std::basic_regex<char> falsy_pattern("((f|F)(alse)?)?");
        } // namespace
 
        namespace detail
        {
            template <typename T, bool B>
            struct SignedCheck;
 
            template <typename T>
            struct SignedCheck<T, true>
            {
                template <typename U>
                void
                operator()(bool negative, U u, const std::string& text)
                {
                    if (negative)
                    {
                        if (u > static_cast<U>(-(std::numeric_limits<T>::min)()))
                        {
                            throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (u > static_cast<U>((std::numeric_limits<T>::max)()))
                        {
                            throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
                        }
                    }
                }
            };
 
            template <typename T>
            struct SignedCheck<T, false>
            {
                template <typename U>
                void
                operator()(bool, U, const std::string&)
                {
                }
            };
 
            template <typename T, typename U>
            void
            check_signed_range(bool negative, U value, const std::string& text)
            {
                SignedCheck<T, std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed>()(negative, value, text);
            }
        } // namespace detail
 
        template <typename R, typename T>
        R
        checked_negate(T&& t, const std::string&, std::true_type)
        {
            // if we got to here, then `t` is a positive number that fits into
            // `R`. So to avoid MSVC C4146, we first cast it to `R`.
            // See https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts/issues/62 for more details.
            return -static_cast<R>(t);
        }
 
        template <typename R, typename T>
        T
        checked_negate(T&&, const std::string& text, std::false_type)
        {
            throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
        }
 
        template <typename T>
        void
        integer_parser(const std::string& text, T& value)
        {
            std::smatch match;
            std::regex_match(text, match, integer_pattern);
 
            if (match.length() == 0)
            {
                throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
            }
 
            if (match.length(4) > 0)
            {
                value = 0;
                return;
            }
 
            using US = typename std::make_unsigned<T>::type;
 
            constexpr auto umax = (std::numeric_limits<US>::max)();
            constexpr bool is_signed = std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed;
            const bool negative = match.length(1) > 0;
            const uint8_t base = match.length(2) > 0 ? 16 : 10;
 
            auto value_match = match[3];
 
            US result = 0;
 
            for (auto iter = value_match.first; iter != value_match.second; ++iter)
            {
                US digit = 0;
 
                if (*iter >= '0' && *iter <= '9')
                {
                    digit = *iter - '0';
                }
                else if (base == 16 && *iter >= 'a' && *iter <= 'f')
                {
                    digit = *iter - 'a' + 10;
                }
                else if (base == 16 && *iter >= 'A' && *iter <= 'F')
                {
                    digit = *iter - 'A' + 10;
                }
                else
                {
                    throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
                }
 
                if (umax - digit < result * base)
                {
                    throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
                }
 
                result = result * base + digit;
            }
 
            detail::check_signed_range<T>(negative, result, text);
 
            if (negative)
            {
                value = checked_negate<T>(result, text, std::integral_constant<bool, is_signed>());
            }
            else
            {
                value = result;
            }
        }
 
        template <typename T>
        void
        stringstream_parser(const std::string& text, T& value)
        {
            std::stringstream in(text);
            in >> value;
            if (!in)
            {
                throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
            }
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, uint8_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, int8_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, uint16_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, int16_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, uint32_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, int32_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, uint64_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, int64_t& value)
        {
            integer_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, bool& value)
        {
            std::smatch result;
            std::regex_match(text, result, truthy_pattern);
 
            if (!result.empty())
            {
                value = true;
                return;
            }
 
            std::regex_match(text, result, falsy_pattern);
            if (!result.empty())
            {
                value = false;
                return;
            }
 
            throw argument_incorrect_type(text);
        }
 
        inline void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, std::string& value)
        {
            value = text;
        }
 
        // The fallback parser. It uses the stringstream parser to parse all types
        // that have not been overloaded explicitly.  It has to be placed in the
        // source code before all other more specialized templates.
        template <typename T>
        void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, T& value)
        {
            stringstream_parser(text, value);
        }
 
        template <typename T>
        void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, std::vector<T>& value)
        {
            T v;
            parse_value(text, v);
            value.push_back(v);
        }
 
#ifdef CXXOPTS_HAS_OPTIONAL
        template <typename T>
        void
        parse_value(const std::string& text, std::optional<T>& value)
        {
            T result;
            parse_value(text, result);
            value = std::move(result);
        }
#endif
 
        template <typename T>
        struct type_is_container
        {
            static constexpr bool value = false;
        };
 
        template <typename T>
        struct type_is_container<std::vector<T>>
        {
            static constexpr bool value = true;
        };
 
        template <typename T>
        class abstract_value : public Value
        {
            using Self = abstract_value<T>;
 
        public:
            abstract_value() : m_result(std::make_shared<T>()), m_store(m_result.get())
            {
            }
 
            abstract_value(T* t) : m_store(t)
            {
            }
 
            virtual ~abstract_value() = default;
 
            abstract_value(const abstract_value& rhs)
            {
                if (rhs.m_result)
                {
                    m_result = std::make_shared<T>();
                    m_store = m_result.get();
                }
                else
                {
                    m_store = rhs.m_store;
                }
 
                m_default = rhs.m_default;
                m_implicit = rhs.m_implicit;
                m_default_value = rhs.m_default_value;
                m_implicit_value = rhs.m_implicit_value;
            }
 
            void
            parse(const std::string& text) const
            {
                parse_value(text, *m_store);
            }
 
            bool
            is_container() const
            {
                return type_is_container<T>::value;
            }
 
            void
            parse() const
            {
                parse_value(m_default_value, *m_store);
            }
 
            bool
            has_default() const
            {
                return m_default;
            }
 
            bool
            has_implicit() const
            {
                return m_implicit;
            }
 
            std::shared_ptr<Value>
            default_value(const std::string& value)
            {
                m_default = true;
                m_default_value = value;
                return shared_from_this();
            }
 
            std::shared_ptr<Value>
            implicit_value(const std::string& value)
            {
                m_implicit = true;
                m_implicit_value = value;
                return shared_from_this();
            }
 
            std::string
            get_default_value() const
            {
                return m_default_value;
            }
 
            std::string
            get_implicit_value() const
            {
                return m_implicit_value;
            }
 
            bool
            is_boolean() const
            {
                return std::is_same<T, bool>::value;
            }
 
            const T&
            get() const
            {
                if (m_store == nullptr)
                {
                    return *m_result;
                }
                else
                {
                    return *m_store;
                }
            }
 
        protected:
            std::shared_ptr<T> m_result;
            T* m_store;
 
            bool m_default = false;
            bool m_implicit = false;
 
            std::string m_default_value;
            std::string m_implicit_value;
        };
 
        template <typename T>
        class standard_value : public abstract_value<T>
        {
        public:
            using abstract_value<T>::abstract_value;
 
            std::shared_ptr<Value>
            clone() const
            {
                return std::make_shared<standard_value<T>>(*this);
            }
        };
 
        template <>
        class standard_value<bool> : public abstract_value<bool>
        {
        public:
            ~standard_value() = default;
 
            standard_value()
            {
                set_default_and_implicit();
            }
 
            standard_value(bool* b) : abstract_value(b)
            {
                set_default_and_implicit();
            }
 
            std::shared_ptr<Value>
            clone() const
            {
                return std::make_shared<standard_value<bool>>(*this);
            }
 
        private:
            void
            set_default_and_implicit()
            {
                m_default = true;
                m_default_value = "false";
                m_implicit = true;
                m_implicit_value = "true";
            }
        };
    } // namespace values
 
    template <typename T>
    std::shared_ptr<Value>
    value()
    {
        return std::make_shared<values::standard_value<T>>();
    }
 
    template <typename T>
    std::shared_ptr<Value>
    value(T& t)
    {
        return std::make_shared<values::standard_value<T>>(&t);
    }
 
    class OptionAdder;
 
    class OptionDetails
    {
    public:
        OptionDetails(const std::string& short_,
                      const std::string& long_,
                      const String& desc,
                      std::shared_ptr<const Value> val) :
            m_short(short_), m_long(long_), m_desc(desc), m_value(val), m_count(0)
        {
        }
 
        OptionDetails(const OptionDetails& rhs) : m_desc(rhs.m_desc), m_count(rhs.m_count)
        {
            m_value = rhs.m_value->clone();
        }
 
        OptionDetails(OptionDetails&& rhs) = default;
 
        const String&
        description() const
        {
            return m_desc;
        }
 
        const Value&
        value() const
        {
            return *m_value;
        }
 
        std::shared_ptr<Value>
        make_storage() const
        {
            return m_value->clone();
        }
 
        const std::string&
        short_name() const
        {
            return m_short;
        }
 
        const std::string&
        long_name() const
        {
            return m_long;
        }
 
    private:
        std::string m_short;
        std::string m_long;
        String m_desc;
        std::shared_ptr<const Value> m_value;
        int m_count;
    };
 
    struct HelpOptionDetails
    {
        std::string s;
        std::string l;
        String desc;
        bool has_default;
        std::string default_value;
        bool has_implicit;
        std::string implicit_value;
        std::string arg_help;
        bool is_container;
        bool is_boolean;
    };
 
    struct HelpGroupDetails
    {
        std::string name;
        std::string description;
        std::vector<HelpOptionDetails> options;
    };
 
    class OptionValue
    {
    public:
        void
        parse(std::shared_ptr<const OptionDetails> details, const std::string& text)
        {
            ensure_value(details);
            ++m_count;
            m_value->parse(text);
        }
 
        void
        parse_default(std::shared_ptr<const OptionDetails> details)
        {
            ensure_value(details);
            m_value->parse();
        }
 
        size_t
        count() const
        {
            return m_count;
        }
 
        template <typename T>
        const T&
        as() const
        {
            if (m_value == nullptr)
            {
                throw std::domain_error("No value");
            }
 
#ifdef CXXOPTS_NO_RTTI
            return static_cast<const values::standard_value<T>&>(*m_value).get();
#else
            return dynamic_cast<const values::standard_value<T>&>(*m_value).get();
#endif
        }
 
    private:
        void
        ensure_value(std::shared_ptr<const OptionDetails> details)
        {
            if (m_value == nullptr)
            {
                m_value = details->make_storage();
            }
        }
 
        std::shared_ptr<Value> m_value;
        size_t m_count = 0;
    };
 
    class KeyValue
    {
    public:
        KeyValue(std::string key_, std::string value_) :
            m_key(std::move(key_)), m_value(std::move(value_))
        {
        }
 
        const std::string&
        key() const
        {
            return m_key;
        }
 
        const std::string&
        value() const
        {
            return m_value;
        }
 
        template <typename T>
        T
        as() const
        {
            T result;
            values::parse_value(m_value, result);
            return result;
        }
 
    private:
        std::string m_key;
        std::string m_value;
    };
 
    class ParseResult
    {
    public:
        ParseResult(
            const std::shared_ptr<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>>>,
            std::vector<std::string>,
            bool allow_unrecognised,
            int&,
            char**&);
 
        size_t
        count(const std::string& o) const
        {
            auto iter = m_options->find(o);
            if (iter == m_options->end())
            {
                return 0;
            }
 
            auto riter = m_results.find(iter->second);
 
            return riter->second.count();
        }
 
        const OptionValue&
        operator[](const std::string& option) const
        {
            auto iter = m_options->find(option);
 
            if (iter == m_options->end())
            {
                throw option_not_present_exception(option);
            }
 
            auto riter = m_results.find(iter->second);
 
            return riter->second;
        }
 
        const std::vector<KeyValue>&
        arguments() const
        {
            return m_sequential;
        }
 
    private:
        void parse(int& argc, char**& argv);
 
        void add_to_option(const std::string& option, const std::string& arg);
 
        bool consume_positional(std::string a);
 
        void parse_option(std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> value,
                          const std::string& name,
                          const std::string& arg = "");
 
        void parse_default(std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> details);
 
        void checked_parse_arg(int argc,
                               char* argv[],
                               int& current,
                               std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> value,
                               const std::string& name);
 
        const std::shared_ptr<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>>>
            m_options;
        std::vector<std::string> m_positional;
        std::vector<std::string>::iterator m_next_positional;
        std::unordered_set<std::string> m_positional_set;
        std::unordered_map<std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>, OptionValue> m_results;
 
        bool m_allow_unrecognised;
 
        std::vector<KeyValue> m_sequential;
    };
 
    class Options
    {
        typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>> OptionMap;
 
    public:
        Options(std::string program, std::string help_string = "") :
            m_program(std::move(program)),
            m_help_string(toLocalString(std::move(help_string))),
            m_custom_help("[OPTION...]"),
            m_positional_help("positional parameters"),
            m_show_positional(false),
            m_allow_unrecognised(false),
            m_options(std::make_shared<OptionMap>()),
            m_next_positional(m_positional.end())
        {
        }
 
        Options&
        positional_help(std::string help_text)
        {
            m_positional_help = std::move(help_text);
            return *this;
        }
 
        Options&
        custom_help(std::string help_text)
        {
            m_custom_help = std::move(help_text);
            return *this;
        }
 
        Options&
        show_positional_help()
        {
            m_show_positional = true;
            return *this;
        }
 
        Options&
        allow_unrecognised_options()
        {
            m_allow_unrecognised = true;
            return *this;
        }
 
        ParseResult parse(int& argc, char**& argv);
 
        OptionAdder add_options(std::string group = "");
 
        void add_option(const std::string& group,
                        const std::string& s,
                        const std::string& l,
                        std::string desc,
                        std::shared_ptr<const Value> value,
                        std::string arg_help);
 
        //parse positional arguments into the given option
        void parse_positional(std::string option);
 
        void parse_positional(std::vector<std::string> options);
 
        void parse_positional(std::initializer_list<std::string> options);
 
        template <typename Iterator>
        void
        parse_positional(Iterator begin, Iterator end)
        {
            parse_positional(std::vector<std::string>{begin, end});
        }
 
        std::string help(const std::vector<std::string>& groups = {}) const;
 
        const std::vector<std::string> groups() const;
 
        const HelpGroupDetails& group_help(const std::string& group) const;
 
    private:
        void add_one_option(const std::string& option, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> details);
 
        String help_one_group(const std::string& group) const;
 
        void generate_group_help(String& result, const std::vector<std::string>& groups) const;
 
        void generate_all_groups_help(String& result) const;
 
        std::string m_program;
        String m_help_string;
        std::string m_custom_help;
        std::string m_positional_help;
        bool m_show_positional;
        bool m_allow_unrecognised;
 
        std::shared_ptr<OptionMap> m_options;
        std::vector<std::string> m_positional;
        std::vector<std::string>::iterator m_next_positional;
        std::unordered_set<std::string> m_positional_set;
 
        //mapping from groups to help options
        std::map<std::string, HelpGroupDetails> m_help;
    };
 
    class OptionAdder
    {
    public:
        OptionAdder(Options& options, std::string group) :
            m_options(options), m_group(std::move(group))
        {
        }
 
        OptionAdder& operator()(const std::string& opts,
                                const std::string& desc,
                                std::shared_ptr<const Value> value = ::cxxopts::value<bool>(),
                                std::string arg_help = "");
 
    private:
        Options& m_options;
        std::string m_group;
    };
 
    namespace
    {
        constexpr int OPTION_LONGEST = 30;
        constexpr int OPTION_DESC_GAP = 2;
 
        std::basic_regex<char>
            option_matcher("--([[:alnum:]][-_[:alnum:]]+)(=(.*))?|-([[:alnum:]]+)");
 
        std::basic_regex<char>
            option_specifier("(([[:alnum:]]),)?[ ]*([[:alnum:]][-_[:alnum:]]*)?");
 
        String
        format_option(const HelpOptionDetails& o)
        {
            auto& s = o.s;
            auto& l = o.l;
 
            String result = "  ";
 
            if (s.size() > 0)
            {
                result += "-" + toLocalString(s) + ",";
            }
            else
            {
                result += "   ";
            }
 
            if (l.size() > 0)
            {
                result += " --" + toLocalString(l);
            }
 
            auto arg = o.arg_help.size() > 0 ? toLocalString(o.arg_help) : "arg";
 
            if (!o.is_boolean)
            {
                if (o.has_implicit)
                {
                    result += " [=" + arg + "(=" + toLocalString(o.implicit_value) + ")]";
                }
                else
                {
                    result += " " + arg;
                }
            }
 
            return result;
        }
 
        String
        format_description(const HelpOptionDetails& o, size_t start, size_t width)
        {
            auto desc = o.desc;
 
            if (o.has_default && (!o.is_boolean || o.default_value != "false"))
            {
                desc += toLocalString(" (default: " + o.default_value + ")");
            }
 
            String result;
 
            auto current = std::begin(desc);
            auto startLine = current;
            auto lastSpace = current;
 
            auto size = size_t{};
 
            while (current != std::end(desc))
            {
                if (*current == ' ')
                {
                    lastSpace = current;
                }
 
                if (*current == '\n')
                {
                    startLine = current + 1;
                    lastSpace = startLine;
                }
                else if (size > width)
                {
                    if (lastSpace == startLine)
                    {
                        stringAppend(result, startLine, current + 1);
                        stringAppend(result, "\n");
                        stringAppend(result, start, ' ');
                        startLine = current + 1;
                        lastSpace = startLine;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        stringAppend(result, startLine, lastSpace);
                        stringAppend(result, "\n");
                        stringAppend(result, start, ' ');
                        startLine = lastSpace + 1;
                    }
                    size = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    ++size;
                }
 
                ++current;
            }
 
            //append whatever is left
            stringAppend(result, startLine, current);
 
            return result;
        }
    } // namespace
 
    inline ParseResult::ParseResult(
        const std::shared_ptr<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>>>
            options,
        std::vector<std::string> positional,
        bool allow_unrecognised,
        int& argc,
        char**& argv) :
        m_options(options),
        m_positional(std::move(positional)),
        m_next_positional(m_positional.begin()),
        m_allow_unrecognised(allow_unrecognised)
    {
        parse(argc, argv);
    }
 
    inline OptionAdder
    Options::add_options(std::string group)
    {
        return OptionAdder(*this, std::move(group));
    }
 
    inline OptionAdder&
    OptionAdder::operator()(const std::string& opts,
                            const std::string& desc,
                            std::shared_ptr<const Value> value,
                            std::string arg_help)
    {
        std::match_results<const char*> result;
        std::regex_match(opts.c_str(), result, option_specifier);
 
        if (result.empty())
        {
            throw invalid_option_format_error(opts);
        }
 
        const auto& short_match = result[2];
        const auto& long_match = result[3];
 
        if (!short_match.length() && !long_match.length())
        {
            throw invalid_option_format_error(opts);
        }
        else if (long_match.length() == 1 && short_match.length())
        {
            throw invalid_option_format_error(opts);
        }
 
        auto option_names =
            [](const std::sub_match<const char*>& short_, const std::sub_match<const char*>& long_)
        {
            if (long_.length() == 1)
            {
                return std::make_tuple(long_.str(), short_.str());
            }
            else
            {
                return std::make_tuple(short_.str(), long_.str());
            }
        }(short_match, long_match);
 
        m_options.add_option(m_group,
                             std::get<0>(option_names),
                             std::get<1>(option_names),
                             desc,
                             value,
                             std::move(arg_help));
 
        return *this;
    }
 
    inline void
    ParseResult::parse_default(std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> details)
    {
        m_results[details].parse_default(details);
    }
 
    inline void
    ParseResult::parse_option(std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> value,
                              const std::string& /*name*/,
                              const std::string& arg)
    {
        auto& result = m_results[value];
        result.parse(value, arg);
 
        m_sequential.emplace_back(value->long_name(), arg);
    }
 
    inline void
    ParseResult::checked_parse_arg(int argc,
                                   char* argv[],
                                   int& current,
                                   std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> value,
                                   const std::string& name)
    {
        if (current + 1 >= argc)
        {
            if (value->value().has_implicit())
            {
                parse_option(value, name, value->value().get_implicit_value());
            }
            else
            {
                throw missing_argument_exception(name);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (value->value().has_implicit())
            {
                parse_option(value, name, value->value().get_implicit_value());
            }
            else
            {
                parse_option(value, name, argv[current + 1]);
                ++current;
            }
        }
    }
 
    inline void
    ParseResult::add_to_option(const std::string& option, const std::string& arg)
    {
        auto iter = m_options->find(option);
 
        if (iter == m_options->end())
        {
            throw option_not_exists_exception(option);
        }
 
        parse_option(iter->second, option, arg);
    }
 
    inline bool
    ParseResult::consume_positional(std::string a)
    {
        while (m_next_positional != m_positional.end())
        {
            auto iter = m_options->find(*m_next_positional);
            if (iter != m_options->end())
            {
                auto& result = m_results[iter->second];
                if (!iter->second->value().is_container())
                {
                    if (result.count() == 0)
                    {
                        add_to_option(*m_next_positional, a);
                        ++m_next_positional;
                        return true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        ++m_next_positional;
                        continue;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    add_to_option(*m_next_positional, a);
                    return true;
                }
            }
            ++m_next_positional;
        }
 
        return false;
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::parse_positional(std::string option)
    {
        parse_positional(std::vector<std::string>{std::move(option)});
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::parse_positional(std::vector<std::string> options)
    {
        m_positional = std::move(options);
        m_next_positional = m_positional.begin();
 
        m_positional_set.insert(m_positional.begin(), m_positional.end());
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::parse_positional(std::initializer_list<std::string> options)
    {
        parse_positional(std::vector<std::string>(std::move(options)));
    }
 
    inline ParseResult
    Options::parse(int& argc, char**& argv)
    {
        ParseResult result(m_options, m_positional, m_allow_unrecognised, argc, argv);
        return result;
    }
 
    inline void
    ParseResult::parse(int& argc, char**& argv)
    {
        int current = 1;
 
        int nextKeep = 1;
 
        bool consume_remaining = false;
 
        while (current != argc)
        {
            if (strcmp(argv[current], "--") == 0)
            {
                consume_remaining = true;
                ++current;
                break;
            }
 
            std::match_results<const char*> result;
            std::regex_match(argv[current], result, option_matcher);
 
            if (result.empty())
            {
                //not a flag
 
                // but if it starts with a `-`, then it's an error
                if (argv[current][0] == '-' && argv[current][1] != '\0')
                {
                    throw option_syntax_exception(argv[current]);
                }
 
                //if true is returned here then it was consumed, otherwise it is
                //ignored
                if (consume_positional(argv[current]))
                {
                }
                else
                {
                    argv[nextKeep] = argv[current];
                    ++nextKeep;
                }
                //if we return from here then it was parsed successfully, so continue
            }
            else
            {
                //short or long option?
                if (result[4].length() != 0)
                {
                    const std::string& s = result[4];
 
                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i != s.size(); ++i)
                    {
                        std::string name(1, s[i]);
                        auto iter = m_options->find(name);
 
                        if (iter == m_options->end())
                        {
                            if (m_allow_unrecognised)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                //error
                                throw option_not_exists_exception(name);
                            }
                        }
 
                        auto value = iter->second;
 
                        if (i + 1 == s.size())
                        {
                            //it must be the last argument
                            checked_parse_arg(argc, argv, current, value, name);
                        }
                        else if (value->value().has_implicit())
                        {
                            parse_option(value, name, value->value().get_implicit_value());
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            //error
                            throw option_requires_argument_exception(name);
                        }
                    }
                }
                else if (result[1].length() != 0)
                {
                    const std::string& name = result[1];
 
                    auto iter = m_options->find(name);
 
                    if (iter == m_options->end())
                    {
                        if (m_allow_unrecognised)
                        {
                            // keep unrecognised options in argument list, skip to next argument
                            argv[nextKeep] = argv[current];
                            ++nextKeep;
                            ++current;
                            continue;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            //error
                            throw option_not_exists_exception(name);
                        }
                    }
 
                    auto opt = iter->second;
 
                    //equals provided for long option?
                    if (result[2].length() != 0)
                    {
                        //parse the option given
 
                        parse_option(opt, name, result[3]);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //parse the next argument
                        checked_parse_arg(argc, argv, current, opt, name);
                    }
                }
            }
 
            ++current;
        }
 
        for (auto& opt : *m_options)
        {
            auto& detail = opt.second;
            auto& value = detail->value();
 
            auto& store = m_results[detail];
 
            if (!store.count() && value.has_default())
            {
                parse_default(detail);
            }
        }
 
        if (consume_remaining)
        {
            while (current < argc)
            {
                if (!consume_positional(argv[current]))
                {
                    break;
                }
                ++current;
            }
 
            //adjust argv for any that couldn't be swallowed
            while (current != argc)
            {
                argv[nextKeep] = argv[current];
                ++nextKeep;
                ++current;
            }
        }
 
        argc = nextKeep;
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::add_option(const std::string& group,
                        const std::string& s,
                        const std::string& l,
                        std::string desc,
                        std::shared_ptr<const Value> value,
                        std::string arg_help)
    {
        auto stringDesc = toLocalString(std::move(desc));
        auto option = std::make_shared<OptionDetails>(s, l, stringDesc, value);
 
        if (s.size() > 0)
        {
            add_one_option(s, option);
        }
 
        if (l.size() > 0)
        {
            add_one_option(l, option);
        }
 
        //add the help details
        auto& options = m_help[group];
 
        options.options.emplace_back(HelpOptionDetails{s,
                                                       l,
                                                       stringDesc,
                                                       value->has_default(),
                                                       value->get_default_value(),
                                                       value->has_implicit(),
                                                       value->get_implicit_value(),
                                                       std::move(arg_help),
                                                       value->is_container(),
                                                       value->is_boolean()});
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::add_one_option(const std::string& option, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails> details)
    {
        auto in = m_options->emplace(option, details);
 
        if (!in.second)
        {
            throw option_exists_error(option);
        }
    }
 
    inline String
    Options::help_one_group(const std::string& g) const
    {
        typedef std::vector<std::pair<String, String>> OptionHelp;
 
        auto group = m_help.find(g);
        if (group == m_help.end())
        {
            return "";
        }
 
        OptionHelp format;
 
        size_t longest = 0;
 
        String result;
 
        if (!g.empty())
        {
            result += toLocalString(" " + g + " options:\n");
        }
 
        for (const auto& o : group->second.options)
        {
            if (o.is_container && m_positional_set.find(o.l) != m_positional_set.end() &&
                !m_show_positional)
            {
                continue;
            }
 
            auto s = format_option(o);
            longest = (std::max)(longest, stringLength(s));
            format.push_back(std::make_pair(s, String()));
        }
 
        longest = (std::min)(longest, static_cast<size_t>(OPTION_LONGEST));
 
        //widest allowed description
        auto allowed = size_t{76} - longest - OPTION_DESC_GAP;
 
        auto fiter = format.begin();
        for (const auto& o : group->second.options)
        {
            if (o.is_container && m_positional_set.find(o.l) != m_positional_set.end() &&
                !m_show_positional)
            {
                continue;
            }
 
            auto d = format_description(o, longest + OPTION_DESC_GAP, allowed);
 
            result += fiter->first;
            if (stringLength(fiter->first) > longest)
            {
                result += '\n';
                result += toLocalString(std::string(longest + OPTION_DESC_GAP, ' '));
            }
            else
            {
                result += toLocalString(
                    std::string(longest + OPTION_DESC_GAP - stringLength(fiter->first), ' '));
            }
            result += d;
            result += '\n';
 
            ++fiter;
        }
 
        return result;
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::generate_group_help(String& result, const std::vector<std::string>& print_groups) const
    {
        for (size_t i = 0; i != print_groups.size(); ++i)
        {
            const String& group_help_text = help_one_group(print_groups[i]);
            if (empty(group_help_text))
            {
                continue;
            }
            result += group_help_text;
            if (i < print_groups.size() - 1)
            {
                result += '\n';
            }
        }
    }
 
    inline void
    Options::generate_all_groups_help(String& result) const
    {
        std::vector<std::string> all_groups;
        all_groups.reserve(m_help.size());
 
        for (auto& group : m_help)
        {
            all_groups.push_back(group.first);
        }
 
        generate_group_help(result, all_groups);
    }
 
    inline std::string
    Options::help(const std::vector<std::string>& help_groups) const
    {
        String result = m_help_string + "\nUsage:\n  " + toLocalString(m_program) + " " +
                        toLocalString(m_custom_help);
 
        if (m_positional.size() > 0 && m_positional_help.size() > 0)
        {
            result += " " + toLocalString(m_positional_help);
        }
 
        result += "\n\n";
 
        if (help_groups.size() == 0)
        {
            generate_all_groups_help(result);
        }
        else
        {
            generate_group_help(result, help_groups);
        }
 
        return toUTF8String(result);
    }
 
    inline const std::vector<std::string>
    Options::groups() const
    {
        std::vector<std::string> g;
 
        std::transform(m_help.begin(),
                       m_help.end(),
                       std::back_inserter(g),
                       [](const std::map<std::string, HelpGroupDetails>::value_type& pair)
                       { return pair.first; });
 
        return g;
    }
 
    inline const HelpGroupDetails&
    Options::group_help(const std::string& group) const
    {
        return m_help.at(group);
    }
 
} // namespace cxxopts
 
#endif //CXXOPTS_HPP_INCLUDED