Opened 10 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#7256 new Bugs
wrong error message for program options with dashes
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Vladimir Prus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | program_options |
| Version: | Boost 1.53.0 | Severity: | Problem |
| Keywords: | Cc: | mail@… |
Description
Hi, I defined some options:
optionsDescription.add_options()
....
("output-file,o", program_options::value<std::string>(), "Result file")
....;
Now, when I start my program without an argument (e.g. ./myprog -o) the error message says:
the required argument for option '--file' is missing
instead of
the required argument for option '--output-file' is missing
This worked at least with version 1.48.
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I can reproduce this issue with boost 1.53.
Using a small example (cf. attachment):
./minipo --foo-1 dd terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::program_options::invalid_option_value> >' what(): the argument ('dd') for option '--1' is invalidWhere the options are defined as: