[issue24556] Getopt overwrites variables unexpectedly

2015-07-03 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: This behavior is correct: rdmurray@session:~>getopt a:b:c -a value1 -b value2 -cbanana -a value1 -b value2 -c -b anana -- -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed __

[issue24556] Getopt overwrites variables unexpectedly

2015-07-03 Thread Jak
New submission from Jak: The getopt library has, what I assume is, some unexpected behaviour when adding extra text to command line parameter that getopt expects as a flag. Using input parameters a, b and c as an example below, where a and b both take values and c is a flag. Example code: opt