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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-74692

Add "enum values" to QCommandLineOption, including validation

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      Highly related to, and mostly described in comments of: QTBUG-74594
      Don't start this task until whether or not to allow spaces in the "enum values" is resolved (ongoing discussion in QTBUG-74594). Spaces in the "enum values" should be allowed, and escaped by a backslash: \. It should probably also follow the same rules as QCommandLineOption's name: "must not be empty, must not start with a dash or a slash character, must not contain a = and cannot be repeated."

      Currently QCommandLineOption only allows you to give an option value "description", but it would be useful if you could supply a limited set of values for a given QCommandLineOption. ex: " --mode foo " and " --mode bar ", where only foo and bar are allowed following --mode, not any string. QCommandLineParser can/should validate the values and show it's --help and call exit() accordingly.

      Also worth mentioning that a "default enum value" (when the QCommandLineOption isn't provided by the user) should be specifiable.

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