The PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT flag is meant for options like --contains that (1) traditionally had a mandatory argument and (2) have some better behavior to use when appearing in the final position. It makes no sense to combine this with OPTARG, so ever since v1.6.4-rc0~71 (parse-options: add parse_options_check to validate option specs, 2009-07-09) this mistake is flagged with error: `--option` uses incompatible flags LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG and an exit status representing an error in commandline usage. Unfortunately that which might confuse scripters calling such an erroneous program into thinking the _script_ contains an error. Clarify that it is an internal error by dying with a message beginning "fatal: BUG: ..." and status 128. While at it, clean up parse_options_check to prepare for more checks. Long term, it would be nicer to make such checks happen at compile time. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- parse-options.c | 25 ++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c index 196ba71..12f100b 100644 --- a/parse-options.c +++ b/parse-options.c @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ static int parse_options_usage(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, #define OPT_SHORT 1 #define OPT_UNSET 2 +static NORETURN void optbug(const struct option *opt, const char *reason) +{ + if (opt->long_name) + die("BUG: option '%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason); + die("BUG: switch '%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason); +} + static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags) { if (flags & OPT_SHORT) @@ -316,24 +323,12 @@ static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options) static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts) { - int err = 0; - for (; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) { if ((opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT) && - (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)) { - if (opts->long_name) { - error("`--%s` uses incompatible flags " - "LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG", opts->long_name); - } else { - error("`-%c` uses incompatible flags " - "LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG", opts->short_name); - } - err |= 1; - } + (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)) + optbug(opts, "uses incompatible flags " + "LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG"); } - - if (err) - exit(129); } void parse_options_start(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html