From 6ef9f4b0be66d1be067bd261455d525b37d15976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Claudius \"keldu\" Holeksa" <mail@keldu.de>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:06:22 +0200
Subject: Adding parse helper

---
 modules/codec/c++/args.hpp | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

(limited to 'modules/codec/c++/args.hpp')

diff --git a/modules/codec/c++/args.hpp b/modules/codec/c++/args.hpp
index 0253417..66acd97 100644
--- a/modules/codec/c++/args.hpp
+++ b/modules/codec/c++/args.hpp
@@ -199,4 +199,23 @@ public:
 		return eov;
 	}
 };
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to reduce boilerplate
+ */
+template<typename ArgSch>
+error_or<data<ArgSch>> parse_args(int argc, char** argv){
+	data<ArgSch> dec_dat;
+
+	{
+		data<ArgSch,encode::Args> arg_dat{argc,argv};
+		codec<ArgSch,encode::Args> arg_cod;
+		auto eov = arg_cod.decode(arg_dat,dec_dat);
+		if(eov.is_error()){
+			return std::move(eov.get_error());
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dec_dat;
+}
 }
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