commandlineparser / commandlineparser/commandline
Join IEnumerable defaults with separator instead of space
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Description
Source:
```cs
#:package CommandLineParser@2.9.1
using CommandLine;
return Parser.Default.ParseArguments(args).MapResult(
(Opts opts) => 0,
errors => 2
);
class Opts {
[Option("opt", Required = true, Separator = ',', Default = new[] { "AAA", "BBB", "CCC" }, HelpText = "boolean arg.")]
public IEnumerable MyOption { get; set; }
}
```
Output with `--help`:
```
test_cmdline 1.0.0
Copyright (C) 2026 test_cmdline
--opt Required. (Default: AAA BBB CCC) boolean arg.
--help Display this help screen.
--version Display version information.
```
Notice that the default argument's values are joined by spaces, which is misleading.
Since a separator is provided it should be used instead, so that the user could just copy-paste the resulting value directly and use it as argument. Currently there is no way to achieve this: see [here](https://github.com/commandlineparser/commandline/blob/1e3607b97af6141743edb3c434c06d5b492f6fb3/src/CommandLine/Text/HelpText.cs#L1125).
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