added zlib

README.md

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ And on the command line, you pass flags like so:
 ./<program name> -isNumber=45 -isRunning=false ......
 ```
 
-## Usage flag: -help
+## Help flag:
 
-The package also contains a help context menu. This comes default and can be called like so
+The package also contains a help context menu. This comes default and can be called like so (**Note:** You can also use "-h" or "--help"):
 
 ```txt
 ./<program name> -help
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ The package also contains a help context menu. This comes default and can be cal
 
 **Note:** You can set the boolean *FORCE_HELP_ON_EMPTY_ARGS* to allow for the help context menu to be displayed when no arguments are passed
 
+## Custom Flag Format
+
+A custom flag format can be created by overwriting the strings *FLAG_START_CHAR* and *FLAG_SEP_CHAR*. These cannot be the same however!
+
 ## Custom Allocator
 
 If needed, you are able to setup a custom allocator like so:

fleg/flag.odin

@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+/*
+zlib License
+
+(C) 2026 Simon Kellet
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+arising from the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+   claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+   in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+   appreciated but is not required.
+2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+   misrepresented as being the original software.
+3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+*/
+
 #+vet explicit-allocators
 package fleg
 
@@ -26,7 +48,10 @@ Flag :: struct {
 	parsed: bool, // sck: flag to check if it has been parsed
 }
 
+// Global dynamic array of Flags
 all_flags: [dynamic]Flag
+
+// runtime allocator for the flags
 flag_allocator: runtime.Allocator
 
 // sck: Used to create a customer allocator
@@ -95,21 +120,30 @@ Float64Var :: proc(ptr: ^f64, name: string, default: f64, usage: string) {
 }
 
 parse_flags :: proc() {
+	// sck: We cannot have the start and seperator formats being the same
+	// ...leads to parsing errors...
+	if FLAG_START_CHAR == FLAG_SEP_CHAR {
+		fmt.println("[ERROR]: FLAG_START_CHAR and FLAG_SEP_CHAR cannot be the same!")
+		fmt.printfln("\t FLAG_START_CHAR= \"%s\"\t FLAG_SEP_CHAR= \"%s\"", FLAG_START_CHAR, FLAG_SEP_CHAR)
+		os.exit(1)
+	}
 	if len(os.args) < 2 && FORCE_HELP_ON_EMPTY_ARGS {print_usage()}
 
 	for &a in os.args {
 		if a == "-h" || a == "-help" || a == "--help" {print_usage()}
+		// sck: if the user has a custom flag format, copy that to the help flag too.
+		if a == fmt.aprintf("%s%s", FLAG_START_CHAR, "help", allocator = flag_allocator) {print_usage()}
+		if a == fmt.aprintf("%s%s", FLAG_START_CHAR, "h", allocator = flag_allocator) {print_usage()}
+
 		if a == os.args[0] {continue}
 
 		for &f in all_flags {
 			if f.parsed {continue}
-			//a = strings.trim_prefix(a, "-")
 			a = strings.trim_prefix(a, FLAG_START_CHAR)
 
 			name := a
 			value: string
 
-			//split := strings.index_any(a, "=")
 			split := strings.index_any(a, FLAG_SEP_CHAR)
 			if split >= 0 {
 				name = a[:split]

main.odin

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ main :: proc(){
 	fleg.init_custom_allocator(arena_alloc)
 	*/
 
-	fleg.FLAG_START_CHAR = "--"
+	fleg.FLAG_START_CHAR = ":"
-	fleg.FLAG_SEP_CHAR = ":"
+	fleg.FLAG_SEP_CHAR = "="
-	fleg.FORCE_HELP_ON_EMPTY_ARGS = true
+	//fleg.FORCE_HELP_ON_EMPTY_ARGS = true
 
 	defer fleg.destroy()
 	isRunning: bool