std.getopt error

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 09:20:09AM +0200, Ramon wrote:
> On Monday, 26 August 2013 at 07:06:07 UTC, growler wrote:
> >Given:
> >
> >int colOrder = 1;
> >...
> >Could it be that "-c 1" is ignored because it is in invalid and
> >the default colOrder value is used?
> 
> Sorry for expressing myself clumsily.
> 
> if the commandline arg is "-c 1" (which according to getopt doc is
> illegal) it actually *does* work properly.
> 
> if the commandline arg is "-c1" (which  according to getopt doc is
> legal) then the result of getopt is false/wrong.
> "-c 1" then sets the variable to -1.
> 
> Same with 2. So the problem is not 1 or 1 being the var default.
[...]

I'd say file a bug for this, since the docs claim that -c1 works, but
actually it doesn't.


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