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--- a/man/man3/tomo-Bool.parse.3
+++ b/man/man3/tomo-Bool.parse.3
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 2025 Bruce Hill
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
-.TH Bool.parse 3 2025-04-30 "Tomo man-pages"
+.TH Bool.parse 3 2025-08-16 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Bool.parse \- parse into boolean
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.BI Bool.parse\ :\ func(text:\ Text\ ->\ Bool?)
+.BI Bool.parse\ :\ func(text:\ Text,\ remainder:\ &Text?\ =\ none\ ->\ Bool?)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Converts a text representation of a boolean value into a boolean. Acceptable boolean values are case-insensitive variations of `yes`/`no`, `y`/`n`, `true`/`false`, `on`/`off`.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ lb lb lbx lb
l l l l.
Name Type Description Default
text Text The string containing the boolean value. -
+remainder &Text? If non-none, this argument will be set to the remainder of the text after the matching part. If none, parsing will only succeed if the entire text matches. none
.TE
.SH RETURN
`yes` if the string matches a recognized truthy boolean value; otherwise return `no`.
@@ -35,4 +36,12 @@ text Text The string containing the boolean value. -
= no : Bool?
>> Bool.parse("???")
= none : Bool?
+
+>> Bool.parse("yesJUNK")
+= none : Bool?
+remainder : Text
+>> Bool.parse("yesJUNK", &remainder)
+= yes : Bool?
+>> remainder
+= "JUNK"
.EE