boostorg / boostorg/program_options
Long option name tokens are parsed as previous option value
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Description
https://github.com/boostorg/program_options/blob/d95d31684832075fda04c9fc916f8ec875552763/src/cmdline.cpp#L477
If long option follows an option with (string) value, it is parsed as value instead of known option. For example in command line "--option_with_value --known_option", option_with_value will have value equal to "--known_option". This issue does not occur if following option is in short format.
As I understand the code, find_nothrow in referenced file is given token with leading dashes instead of option's string_key (or name).
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Research direction
Start with src/cmdline.cpp around line 477 and reproduce the command line containing --option_with_value --known_option. Trace how the token is passed to find_nothrow and verify that the known long option is recognized instead of consumed as the previous string option's value; add coverage for the long-option case and confirm the existing short-option behavior remains unchanged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100