// Note: this requires the `derive` feature use clap::Parser; use std::error::Error; #[derive(Parser, Debug)] struct Args { #[clap(short = 'D', parse(try_from_str = parse_key_val), multiple_occurrences(true))] defines: Vec<(String, i32)>, } /// Parse a single key-value pair fn parse_key_val(s: &str) -> Result<(T, U), Box> where T: std::str::FromStr, T::Err: Error + Send + Sync + 'static, U: std::str::FromStr, U::Err: Error + Send + Sync + 'static, { let pos = s .find('=') .ok_or_else(|| format!("invalid KEY=value: no `=` found in `{}`", s))?; Ok((s[..pos].parse()?, s[pos + 1..].parse()?)) } fn main() { let args = Args::parse(); println!("{:?}", args); }