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Custom command attributes (#14906)
# Description
Add custom command attributes.

- Attributes are placed before a command definition and start with a `@`
character.
- Attribute invocations consist of const command call. The command's
name must start with "attr ", but this prefix is not used in the
invocation.
- A command named `attr example` is invoked as an attribute as
`@example`
-   Several built-in attribute commands are provided as part of this PR
    -   `attr example`: Attaches an example to the commands help text
        ```nushell
        # Double numbers
        @example "double an int"  { 5 | double }   --result 10
        @example "double a float" { 0.5 | double } --result 1.0
        def double []: [number -> number] {
            $in * 2
        }
        ```
    -   `attr search-terms`: Adds search terms to a command
    -   ~`attr env`: Equivalent to using `def --env`~
- ~`attr wrapped`: Equivalent to using `def --wrapped`~ shelved for
later discussion
    -   several testing related attributes in `std/testing`
- If an attribute has no internal/special purpose, it's stored as
command metadata that can be obtained with `scope commands`.
- This allows having attributes like `@test` which can be used by test
runners.
-   Used the `@example` attribute for `std` examples.
-   Updated the std tests and test runner to use `@test` attributes
-   Added completions for attributes

# User-Facing Changes
Users can add examples to their own command definitions, and add other
arbitrary attributes.

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 toolkit fmt
- 🟢 toolkit clippy
- 🟢 toolkit test
- 🟢 toolkit test stdlib

# After Submitting
- Add documentation about the attribute syntax and built-in attributes
- `help attributes`

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Co-authored-by: 132ikl <132@ikl.sh>
2025-02-11 06:34:51 -06:00
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src Custom command attributes (#14906) 2025-02-11 06:34:51 -06:00
Cargo.toml Bump to 0.102.1 dev version (#15012) 2025-02-05 00:19:48 -05:00
LICENSE create nuon crate from from nuon and to nuon (#12553) 2024-04-19 13:54:16 +02:00
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Support for the NUON format.

The NUON format is a superset of JSON designed to fit the feel of Nushell. Some of its extra features are

  • trailing commas are allowed
  • commas are optional in lists
  • quotes are not required around keys or any bare string that do not contain spaces or special characters
  • comments are allowed, though not preserved when using [from_nuon]

Example

below is some data in the JSON format

{
    "name": "Some One",
    "birth": "1970-01-01",
    "stats": [
      2544729499973429198,
      687051042647753531,
      6702443901704799912
    ]
}

and an equivalent piece of data written in NUON

{
    name: "Some One",       # the name of the person
    birth: "1970-01-01",    # their date of birth
    stats: [                # some dummy "stats" about them
      2544729499973429198,
      687051042647753531,
      6702443901704799912, # note the trailing comma here...
    ], # and here
} # wait, are these comments in a JSON-like document?!?!