Bugs item #1395874, was opened at 2006-01-03 09:56 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1395874&group_id=7586 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Roger Leigh (rleigh) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Proogram_options: Fails to parse options with a common root Initial Comment: Given the following testcase: #include <iostream> #include <boost/program_options.hpp> namespace opt = boost::program_options; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { try { bool all, all_chroots, all_sessions; opt::options_description chroot("Chroot selection"); chroot.add_options() ("all,a", "Select all chroots and active sessions") ("all-chroots", "Select all chroots") ("all-sessions", "Select all active sessions"); opt::variables_map vm; opt::store(opt::parse_command_line(argc, argv, chroot), vm); opt::notify(vm); if (vm.count("all")) all = true; if (vm.count("all-chroots")) all_chroots = true; if (vm.count("all-sessions")) all_sessions = true; return 0; } catch (std::exception const& e) { std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl; return 1; } } $ g++ -o opt opt.cc -lboost_program_options $ ./opt --help unknown option help $ ./opt --all-chroots $ ./opt --all-sessions $ ./opt --all ambiguous option all --all is not abiguous, since it's an exact match. It's not ambigous for GNU getopt or GLib GOption, so this is IMHO a bug. Regards, Roger ii libboost-dev 1.33.0-6 Boost C++ Libraries development fi ii libboost-program-options1.33. 1.33.0-6 program options library for C++ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1395874&group_id=7586 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Boost-bugs mailing list Boost-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-bugs