From 551e0521f2f4ffb64b551403ef64c2d18e630160 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Page <eopage@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:38:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(parser): Remove redundant error check

---
 .../src/parser/matches/matched_arg.rs         |  4 ---
 clap_builder/src/parser/mod.rs                |  2 +-
 clap_builder/src/parser/parser.rs             |  4 +--
 clap_builder/src/parser/validator.rs          | 30 ++-----------------
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clap_builder/src/parser/matches/matched_arg.rs b/clap_builder/src/parser/matches/matched_arg.rs
index a9cc0d3406a..20614542a86 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/parser/matches/matched_arg.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/parser/matches/matched_arg.rs
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ impl MatchedArg {
         self.vals.last().map(|x| x.len()).unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn all_val_groups_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.vals.iter().flatten().count() == 0
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn check_explicit(&self, predicate: &ArgPredicate) -> bool {
         if self.source.map(|s| !s.is_explicit()).unwrap_or(false) {
             return false;
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/parser/mod.rs b/clap_builder/src/parser/mod.rs
index 3e73544d5a4..faec2f0266e 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ pub(crate) mod features;
 pub(crate) use self::arg_matcher::ArgMatcher;
 pub(crate) use self::matches::{MatchedArg, SubCommand};
 pub(crate) use self::parser::Identifier;
+pub(crate) use self::parser::Parser;
 pub(crate) use self::parser::PendingArg;
-pub(crate) use self::parser::{ParseState, Parser};
 pub(crate) use self::validator::get_possible_values_cli;
 pub(crate) use self::validator::Validator;
 
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/parser/parser.rs b/clap_builder/src/parser/parser.rs
index 69970683ef3..164a21c98f4 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/parser/parser.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/parser/parser.rs
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ impl<'cmd> Parser<'cmd> {
                 #[cfg(feature = "env")]
                 ok!(self.add_env(matcher));
                 ok!(self.add_defaults(matcher));
-                return Validator::new(self.cmd).validate(parse_state, matcher);
+                return Validator::new(self.cmd).validate(matcher);
             } else {
                 // Start error processing
                 let _ = self.resolve_pending(matcher);
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ impl<'cmd> Parser<'cmd> {
         #[cfg(feature = "env")]
         ok!(self.add_env(matcher));
         ok!(self.add_defaults(matcher));
-        Validator::new(self.cmd).validate(parse_state, matcher)
+        Validator::new(self.cmd).validate(matcher)
     }
 
     fn match_arg_error(
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/parser/validator.rs b/clap_builder/src/parser/validator.rs
index d62fd8109ed..43552c926d0 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/parser/validator.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/parser/validator.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::builder::StyledStr;
 use crate::builder::{Arg, ArgGroup, ArgPredicate, Command, PossibleValue};
 use crate::error::{Error, Result as ClapResult};
 use crate::output::Usage;
-use crate::parser::{ArgMatcher, ParseState};
+use crate::parser::ArgMatcher;
 use crate::util::ChildGraph;
 use crate::util::FlatMap;
 use crate::util::FlatSet;
@@ -21,37 +21,11 @@ impl<'cmd> Validator<'cmd> {
         Validator { cmd, required }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn validate(
-        &mut self,
-        parse_state: ParseState,
-        matcher: &mut ArgMatcher,
-    ) -> ClapResult<()> {
+    pub(crate) fn validate(&mut self, matcher: &mut ArgMatcher) -> ClapResult<()> {
         debug!("Validator::validate");
         let conflicts = Conflicts::with_args(self.cmd, matcher);
         let has_subcmd = matcher.subcommand_name().is_some();
 
-        if let ParseState::Opt(a) = parse_state {
-            debug!("Validator::validate: needs_val_of={a:?}");
-
-            let o = &self.cmd[&a];
-            let should_err = if let Some(v) = matcher.args.get(o.get_id()) {
-                v.all_val_groups_empty() && o.get_min_vals() != 0
-            } else {
-                true
-            };
-            if should_err {
-                return Err(Error::empty_value(
-                    self.cmd,
-                    &get_possible_values_cli(o)
-                        .iter()
-                        .filter(|pv| !pv.is_hide_set())
-                        .map(|n| n.get_name().to_owned())
-                        .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-                    o.to_string(),
-                ));
-            }
-        }
-
         if !has_subcmd && self.cmd.is_arg_required_else_help_set() {
             let num_user_values = matcher
                 .args()