[Issue 423] New: dmd ignores empty commandline arguments

[Derek Parnell]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:39:01 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=423
>> 
>>            Summary: dmd ignores empty commandline arguments
>>            Product: D
>>            Version: 0.169
>>           Platform: PC
>>         OS/Version: Linux
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: normal
>>           Priority: P2
>>          Component: DMD
>>         AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>>         ReportedBy: thomas-dloop at kuehne.cn
>> 
>> dmd "" a.d
>> is interpreted as >dmd a.d<
>> 
>> dmd ''
>> is interpteted as >dmd<
> 
> That's what it's supposed to do.

Why? I would have expected a string of length zero to be passed.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"Down with mediocrity!"