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
"error: 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@gmail.com>
---
[Resending because vger doesn't seem to have accepted the last copy.
Sorry for the patch flood.]

Jonathan Nieder wrote:
quoted text
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:

quoted text
>> --- a/parse-options.c
>> +++ b/parse-options.c
>> @@ -316,24 +323,12 @@ static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options)
[...]
quoted text
>> +		    (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG))
>> +			optbug(opts, "uses incompatible flags "
>> +				"LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG");
>>  	}
>> -
>> -	if (err)
>> -		exit(129);
>
> Hmph, this is simpler but it does not report all errors any more.
> So it would be better to do:

Like this.  (Looks okay now.  Famous last words...)

 parse-options.c |   23 +++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 196ba71..97d7ff7 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 int optbug(const struct option *opt, const char *reason)
+{
+	if (opt->long_name)
+		return error("BUG: option '%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+	return error("BUG: switch '%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason);
+}
+
 static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
 {
 	if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
@@ -320,20 +327,12 @@ static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts)
 
 	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))
+			err |= optbug(opts, "uses incompatible flags "
+					"LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG");
 	}
-
 	if (err)
-		exit(129);
+		exit(128);
 }
 
 void parse_options_start(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
-- 
1.7.2.3


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