describe("parse", function()

	local parse

	setup(function() parse = require"util.argparse".parse; end);

	it("works", function()

		-- basic smoke test

		local opts = parse({ "--help" });

		assert.same({ help = true }, opts);

	end);

	it("returns if no args", function() assert.same({}, parse({})); end);

	it("supports boolean flags", function()

		local opts, err = parse({ "--foo"; "--no-bar" });

		assert.falsy(err);

		assert.same({ foo = true; bar = false }, opts);

	end);

	it("consumes input until the first argument", function()

		local arg = { "--foo"; "bar"; "--baz" };

		local opts, err = parse(arg);

		assert.falsy(err);

		assert.same({ foo = true, "bar", "--baz" }, opts);

		assert.same({ "bar"; "--baz" }, arg);

	end);

	it("expands short options", function()

		local opts, err = parse({ "--foo"; "-b" }, { short_params = { b = "bar" } });

		assert.falsy(err);

		assert.same({ foo = true; bar = true }, opts);

	end);

	it("supports value arguments", function()

		local opts, err = parse({ "--foo"; "bar"; "--baz=moo" }, { value_params = { foo = true; bar = true } });

		assert.falsy(err);

		assert.same({ foo = "bar"; baz = "moo" }, opts);

	end);

	it("demands values for value params", function()

		local opts, err, where = parse({ "--foo" }, { value_params = { foo = true } });

		assert.falsy(opts);

		assert.equal("missing-value", err);

		assert.equal("--foo", where);

	end);

	it("reports where the problem is", function()

		local opts, err, where = parse({ "-h" });

		assert.falsy(opts);

		assert.equal("param-not-found", err);

		assert.equal("-h", where, "returned where");

	end);

end);