docs: add TODO.md for parser callback feature

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# TODO 1: After Parse callback
Currently interdependent arguments are a problem. In the current version we are handling them as closures.
We create two stateful actions who are taking the state from the close over of the lambda. This is a little hacky/ugly.
To fix this we could have a callback/on_parse_done event. An example usage could be;
```cpp
parser.after_parse([&parser]() {
auto grep_val = parser.get_optional<std::string>("grep");
auto file_val = parser.get_optional<std::string>("file");
if (grep_val && file_val) {
grep(*grep_val, *file_val);
} else if (grep_val) {
std::cerr << "grep requires file\n";
}
});
```
After handle_parse(...) ends, we can call the on_parse_done callbacks. But this requires two things;
1. Storable arguments. Those would be not actions, but stored values. So you could get them later on in the callback or somewhere else.
2. The on_parse_done callbacks should be called after all actions are invoked. But we should make this a toggle, so the callback only gets executed if the user explicitly wants it to be called. By default we would enable it.
## Self reminder, implement this feature. It'd be helpful.