BooleanAttribute comes with a helpful override for the configure() method that automatically takes care of showing (Y/n) or (y/N) as appropriate after the prompt:
ChoiceAttribute should do something similar for its choices and include the list of options automatically, rather than making plugin authors manually insert the list of options into the prompt themselves.
Problems Solved
Plugin authors won't have to worry any more about whether they remembered to update the prompt choices (or code to generate them) after modifying the available values in a ChoiceAttribute.
Alternatives
No response
Notes
If implemented, needs to be planned and communicated ahead of time for a major release, probably 9.0. Changes to the prompt handling will definitely not play well across versions, unless plugin authors are OK with older versions of Sopel no longer showing the available choices in the prompt text.
Requested Feature
BooleanAttributecomes with a helpful override for theconfigure()method that automatically takes care of showing(Y/n)or(y/N)as appropriate after the prompt:https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/blob/9a5e84d9578710cda07e815a417102a92fcf3412/sopel/config/types.py#L363
ChoiceAttributeshould do something similar for its choices and include the list of options automatically, rather than making plugin authors manually insert the list of options into the prompt themselves.Problems Solved
Plugin authors won't have to worry any more about whether they remembered to update the prompt choices (or code to generate them) after modifying the available values in a
ChoiceAttribute.Alternatives
No response
Notes
If implemented, needs to be planned and communicated ahead of time for a major release, probably 9.0. Changes to the prompt handling will definitely not play well across versions, unless plugin authors are OK with older versions of Sopel no longer showing the available choices in the prompt text.