this, for me, is a frustrating aspect of programming from a user's perspective when someone builds something they often 'hard code' their own specific interest

this, for me, is a frustrating aspect of programming from a user's perspective when someone builds something they often 'hard code' their own specific interests into the thing so let's say i am like you, and only want the comments highlighted.. if the highlighter i am using fails to allow me to alter it from the user side of things i'll have to dive into the source if it is closed then i have to take the time to build my own wheel if it is is open, but after investigation i find the functionality is hardcoded, piecemeal, and highly specific then i have to take the time to build my own wheel this is an overly simplistic example of what i am trying to illuminate but from a user's perspective there is a huge difference between these equations: print(51) n=3*17 print(n) a=3 e=17 print(a*e) a=sys.argv[1] e=sys.argv[2] print(a*e) for highly configurable designs just pulling flags from the command line will get out of hand quickly but it would be superficial to have a function that allows the user to see the programs state and alter it to their needs