Merge pull request #314 from alobb/configDocumentation

Fixed https://github.com/nrc/rustfmt/issues/291

src/bin/rustfmt.rs

@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ fn print_usage<S: Into<String>>(reason: S) {
     println!("{}\n\r usage: rustfmt [-h Help] [--write-mode=[replace|overwrite|display|diff]] \
               <file_name>",
              reason.into());
+
+    for option in Config::get_docs() {
+        println!("{}, {}, Possible values: {}", option.option_name(), option.doc_string(), option.variant_names());
+    }
 }
 
 fn determine_params<I>(args: I) -> Option<(Vec<String>, WriteMode)>

src/config.rs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl MultilineStyle {
 }
 
 macro_rules! create_config {
-    ($($i:ident: $ty:ty),+ $(,)*) => (
+    ($($i:ident: $ty:ty, $dstring: tt),+ $(,)*) => (
         #[derive(RustcDecodable, Clone)]
         pub struct Config {
             $(pub $i: $ty),+
@@ -82,6 +82,44 @@ macro_rules! create_config {
             $(pub $i: Option<$ty>),+
         }
 
+        // This trait and the following impl blocks are there so that we an use
+        // UCFS inside the get_docs() function on types for configs.
+        pub trait ConfigType {
+            fn get_variant_names() -> String;
+        }
+
+        impl ConfigType for bool {
+            fn get_variant_names() -> String {
+                String::from("<boolean>")
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl ConfigType for usize {
+            fn get_variant_names() -> String {
+                String::from("<unsigned integer>")
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub struct ConfigHelpItem {
+            option_name: &'static str,
+            doc_string : &'static str,
+            variant_names: String,
+        }
+
+        impl ConfigHelpItem {
+            pub fn option_name(&self) -> &'static str {
+                self.option_name
+            }
+
+            pub fn doc_string(&self) -> &'static str {
+                self.doc_string
+            }
+
+            pub fn variant_names(&self) -> &String {
+                &self.variant_names
+            }
+        }
+
         impl Config {
 
             fn fill_from_parsed_config(mut self, parsed: &ParsedConfig) -> Config {
@@ -117,41 +155,52 @@ macro_rules! create_config {
                     _ => panic!("Bad config key!")
                 }
             }
+
+            pub fn get_docs() -> Vec<ConfigHelpItem> {
+                let mut options: Vec<ConfigHelpItem> = Vec::new();
+                $(
+                    options.push(ConfigHelpItem {
+                        option_name: stringify!($i),
+                        doc_string: stringify!($dstring),
+                        variant_names: <$ty>::get_variant_names(),
+                    });
+                )+
+                options
+            }
         }
     )
 }
 
 create_config! {
-    max_width: usize,
-    ideal_width: usize,
-    leeway: usize,
-    tab_spaces: usize,
-    newline_style: NewlineStyle,
-    fn_brace_style: BraceStyle,
-    fn_return_indent: ReturnIndent,
-    fn_args_paren_newline: bool,
-    fn_args_density: Density,
-    fn_args_layout: StructLitStyle,
-    fn_arg_indent: BlockIndentStyle,
-    where_density: Density, // Should we at least try to put the where clause on
-                            // the same line as the rest of the function decl?
-    where_indent: BlockIndentStyle, // Visual will be treated like Tabbed
-    where_layout: ListTactic,
-    where_pred_indent: BlockIndentStyle,
-    generics_indent: BlockIndentStyle,
-    struct_trailing_comma: SeparatorTactic,
-    struct_lit_trailing_comma: SeparatorTactic,
-    struct_lit_style: StructLitStyle,
-    struct_lit_multiline_style: MultilineStyle,
-    enum_trailing_comma: bool,
-    report_todo: ReportTactic,
-    report_fixme: ReportTactic,
-    reorder_imports: bool, // Alphabetically, case sensitive.
-    single_line_if_else: bool,
-    format_strings: bool,
-    chains_overflow_last: bool,
-    take_source_hints: bool, // Retain some formatting characteristics from
-                             // the source code.
+    max_width: usize, "Maximum width of each line",
+    ideal_width: usize, "Ideal width of each line",
+    leeway: usize, "Leeway of line width",
+    tab_spaces: usize, "Number of spaces per tab",
+    newline_style: NewlineStyle, "Unix or Windows line endings",
+    fn_brace_style: BraceStyle, "Brace style for functions",
+    fn_return_indent: ReturnIndent, "Location of return type in function declaration",
+    fn_args_paren_newline: bool, "If function argument parenthases goes on a newline",
+    fn_args_density: Density, "Argument density in functions",
+    fn_args_layout: StructLitStyle, "Layout of function arguments",
+    fn_arg_indent: BlockIndentStyle, "Indent on function arguments",
+    where_density: Density, "Density of a where clause", // Should we at least try to put the where clause on the same line as
+                                                         // the rest of the function decl?
+    where_indent: BlockIndentStyle, "Indentation of a where clause", // Visual will be treated like Tabbed
+    where_layout: ListTactic, "Element layout inside a where clause",
+    where_pred_indent: BlockIndentStyle, "Indentation style of a where predicate",
+    generics_indent: BlockIndentStyle, "Indentation of generics",
+    struct_trailing_comma: SeparatorTactic, "If there is a trailing comma on structs",
+    struct_lit_trailing_comma: SeparatorTactic, "If there is a trailing comma on literal structs",
+    struct_lit_style: StructLitStyle, "Style of struct definition",
+    struct_lit_multiline_style: MultilineStyle, "Multilline style on literal structs",
+    enum_trailing_comma: bool, "Put a trailing comma on enum declarations",
+    report_todo: ReportTactic, "Report all occurences of TODO in source file comments",
+    report_fixme: ReportTactic, "Report all occurences of FIXME in source file comments",
+    reorder_imports: bool, "Reorder import statements alphabetically", // Alphabetically, case sensitive.
+    single_line_if_else: bool, "Put else on same line as closing brace for if statements",
+    format_strings: bool, "Format string literals, or leave as is",
+    chains_overflow_last: bool, "Allow last call in method chain to break the line",
+    take_source_hints: bool, "Retain some formatting characteristics from the source code",
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {

src/utils.rs

@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ macro_rules! impl_enum_decodable {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        impl ::config::ConfigType for $e {
+            fn get_variant_names() -> String {
+                let mut variants = Vec::new();
+                $(
+                    variants.push(stringify!($x));
+                )*
+
+                variants.join(", ")
+            }
+        }
     };
 }