boostorg / boostorg/program_options

No way to get number of non-unlimited positional arguments

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Description

[Documentation](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/doc/html/boost/program_options/positiona_1_3_31_9_9_1_1_1.html) for `positional_options_description` says it has a `max_total_count` function that returns the number of positional arguments, and may return `numeric_limits::max` to indicate unlimited arguments. However, there is no way to determine the number of counted arguments.

Given an instance of `positional_options_description`, it is therefore impossible, for example, to print out a list of all positional arguments, stopping at the last, unlimited argument. A new member function that provides this is all you'd need to add, IMO.

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Research direction

Start with the linked positional_options_description documentation, then locate the class implementation and its existing tests in the program_options module. Check how max_total_count distinguishes unlimited arguments. Done means exposing the count of counted positional arguments and covering that behavior with tests and documentation.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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