Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3361: [Program Options] Bug: empty arguments treated as positional ones

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3361: [Program Options] Bug: empty arguments treated as positional ones
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-24 07:14:40

#3361: [Program Options] Bug: empty arguments treated as positional ones
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 Reporter:  k-r.ernst@…                            |       Owner:  vladimir_prus  
     Type:  Bugs                                   |      Status:  new            
Milestone:  Boost 1.40.0                           |   Component:  program_options
  Version:  Boost 1.39.0                           |    Severity:  Problem        
 Keywords:  program options whitespace positional  |  
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Comment(by vladimir_prus):

 Could you provide a rationale for ignoring tokens that are either empty
 strings or whitespace-only? Why are such tokens are passed to the program
 in the first place? What other programs ignore such tokens?

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3361#comment:1>
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