added unit out

src/arg.rs

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ pub fn usage() -> !
     println!("Unit conversion v{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
     println!(" by {} with <3 (license GPL3+)", env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS"));
     println!();
+    println!("This program takes a value with a unit and outputs the smallest value corresponding to that type to `stdout`. It then outputs the multiplyer used to convert this unit to `stderr`, if there is one needed.");
+    println!();
     println!("usage: {} <unit> <value>", prog_name());
     println!("usage: {} --help", prog_name());
     println!();
     //TODO: generalise units
     println!(r#"Units:
- BYTES		Convert byte unit into single bytes"#);
+ BYTES		Convert byte unit (k, m, g, p) into single bytes"#);
     std::process::exit(0)
 }
 

src/conv/bytes.rs

@@ -21,19 +21,21 @@ impl Conversion for Bytes
 
     type Output = u64;
 
-    fn convert(&self, input: &str) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error>
+    fn convert(&self, input: &str) -> Result<(Self::Output, Option<Self::Unit>), Self::Error>
     {
 	#[macro_export] macro_rules! parse {
 	    ($non:expr) => (($non).parse::<u64>().map_err(|e| ConversionError(format!("Failed to parse u64: {}", e)))?)
 	}
 
-	match input.char_indices().last().map(|(idx, chr)| (chr.to_lowercase().next().unwrap(), &input[..idx])) {
+	let (o, u) = match input.char_indices().last().map(|(idx, chr)| (chr.to_lowercase().next().unwrap(), &input[..idx])) {
-	    Some((chr, _)) if chr.is_numeric() => Ok(parse!(input)),
+	    Some((chr, _)) if chr.is_numeric() => (parse!(input), 1),
 	    
-	    Some((ref chr, non)) if SUFFIX.contains_key(chr) => Ok(*SUFFIX.get(chr).unwrap() * parse!(non)),
+	    Some((ref chr, non)) if SUFFIX.contains_key(chr) => (parse!(non), *SUFFIX.get(chr).unwrap()),
 	    
-	    Some((chr, _)) => Err(ConversionError(format!("Unknown suffix {}", chr))),
+	    Some((chr, _)) => return Err(ConversionError(format!("Unknown suffix {}", chr))),
-	    None => Ok(0),
+	    None => (0, 1),
-	}
+	};
+
+	Ok((o * u, Some(u)))
     }
 }

src/conv/mod.rs

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ pub trait Conversion
     const UNIT: &'static str;
 
     type Output: fmt::Display;
+    type Unit: fmt::Display = Self::Output;
     type Error: Into<ConversionError> = ConversionError;
 
-    fn convert(&self, input: &str) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error>;
+    fn convert(&self, input: &str) -> Result<(Self::Output, Option<Self::Unit>), Self::Error>;
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -34,11 +35,22 @@ impl From<Infallible> for ConversionError
     }
 }
 
+fn print_output<T,U>((value, units): (T, Option<U>))
+where T: fmt::Display,
+      U: fmt::Display
+{
+    println!("{}", value);
+    if let Some(units) = units
+    {
+	eprintln!("{}", units);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Dispatch a conversion of `value` for type `unit` and print the result to stdout.
 pub fn dispatch_out(unit: impl AsRef<str>, value: impl AsRef<str>) -> Result<(), ConversionError>
 {
     match unit.as_ref() {
-	bytes::Bytes::UNIT => println!("{}", bytes::Bytes.convert(value.as_ref())?),
+	bytes::Bytes::UNIT => print_output(bytes::Bytes.convert(value.as_ref())?),
 	name => return Err(ConversionError(format!("Unknown unit {}", name))),
     }