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+/* Pirate - A command-line arrrrguments parser, written in Rust.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Zachary Dziura
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+
+pub fn analyze(input: &str) -> Result {
+    
+}
+
+pub struct Result {
+    short_name: String,
+    long_name: String,
+    is_arg: bool,
+    has_arg: bool,
+    description: String
+}
+
+impl Result {
+    pub fn new(short_name: &str, long_name: &str, is_arg: bool, has_arg: bool, description: &str)
+        -> Result {
+        Result {
+            short_name: String::from(short_name),
+            long_name: String::from(long_name),
+            is_arg: is_arg,
+            has_arg: has_arg,
+            description: String::from(description)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Result {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let repr = format!("-{}, --{}    {}", self.short_name, self.long_name, self.description);
+        write(self, "{}", repr)
+    }
+}
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