improve flag parsing

main.go

@@ -9,17 +9,28 @@ import (
 	"github.com/csehviktor/pastebin/store"
 )
 
-func main() {
+type cli struct {
-	addrPtr := flag.String("addr", ":3000", "port to listen on")
+	addr    string
-	maxSizePtr := flag.Int("max-size", 32*1024, "maximum size of a paste in bytes")
+	maxSize int64
+}
+
+func parse_flags() *cli {
+	cli := &cli{}
+
+	flag.StringVar(&cli.addr, "addr", ":3000", "socket address to bind to")
+	flag.Int64Var(&cli.maxSize, "max-size", 32*1024, "maximum size of a paste in bytes")
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	addr := *addrPtr
+	return cli
-	maxSize := int64(*maxSizePtr)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	cli := parse_flags()
 
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	store := store.NewMemoryStore()
-	httpHandler := handler.NewHandler(store, maxSize)
+	httpHandler := handler.NewHandler(store, cli.maxSize)
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /style.css", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.ServeFile(w, r, "view/style.css")
@@ -29,8 +40,9 @@ func main() {
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /{id}", httpHandler.HandleGet)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /{id}/{theme}", httpHandler.HandleGet)
 
-	slog.Info("starting http server", "addr", addr, "maxSize", maxSize)
+	slog.Info("starting http server", "addr", cli.addr, "maxSize", cli.maxSize)
-	err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, mux)
+
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(cli.addr, mux)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}