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Bug #12135

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OptParse rejects --longopt= with a zero-length argument.

Bug #12135: OptParse rejects --longopt= with a zero-length argument.

Added by Warwick (Tim Baverstock) over 10 years ago. Updated about 7 years ago.

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Target version:
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ruby -v:
2.1.5 and 2.4.0
Backport:
2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
[ruby-core:74092]

Description

OptParse diverges from C's OptParse by rejecting a zero-length argument given to a long option.

C accepts it:

$ ./a.out --delete=
option delete with arg ''

Ruby fails:

OptionParser::InvalidArgument: invalid argument: --filters=

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 10 years ago Actions
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 #1 [ruby-core:74099]

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

What is "C's OptParse"?

Updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) about 7 years ago Actions
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 #2

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
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