Yargs: argv alternative

[borela]

Is there a method to call instead of the argv getter? In cases where the cli always requires a command(and each command has its handler already set), the argv called in the entry point will not be used, making the linter complain of unused expression.

A solution would be having a function run() or something like that at the end of the Yargs call chain, is there already such function?

Thanks

[miraage]

Running main program implicitly by invoking a getter is a side effect.
This is what all developers across the world should avoid.
Please, add an explicit method to run program, e.g. run() or parse().

[LinusU]

This should probably be closed now, in Yargs 9.0.0 you can call .parse() to get the same behaviour as .argv, but with a function call instead of a getter 🎉 👏

[mdevils]

I was very confused when I was reading documentation with all those lines ending with .argv and it was never used. I guessed that I need to do something with the argv field value. Took me some time to figure out that side-effect happens when you access argv property.

Maybe documentation should be updated with .parse() instead of .argv?