id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 11905 "Exception ""character conversion failed"" when omitting argument" Thibaut Lepage Vladimir Prus "Hello, The minimal example I attached simply assigns the value of the optional parameter -i to an int. When the parameter is given (./a.out -i 42), the program exits normally. But if I omit the parameter (./a.out), then the exception ""character conversion failed"" is raised. It doesn't matter whether the option is ""required"" or not, or whether a default value is given. Configuration for which I found the bug: CentOS: 7.2 gcc: 4.8.5 boost: both 1.60.0 and 1.54.0 Configuration for which the bug does not occur: Linux Mint 17.2 gcc 4.8.4 boost 1.54.0 Regards, Thibaut Lepage " Bugs new To Be Determined program_options Boost 1.60.0 Problem