When you use the ::long_case_insensitive style it inadvertently behaves as if you also selected ::short_case_insensitive.
I noticed this behavior since boost 1.68.0, compiling with 1.67.0 gives the correct result.
In v1.67.0, if you call the test program below like this, ./test -A, it will give the correct result:
Adam is selected: false
Alice is selected: true
In v1.68.0 and v1.69.0 it will give the wrong result, as if ::short_case_insensitive was also selected.:
Adam is selected: true
Alice is selected: false
Basically the -A argument becomes an -a argument.
Example code to illustrate the problem.
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
namespace po = boost::program_options;
namespace po_style = boost::program_options::command_line_style;
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
bool adamSelected = false;
bool aliceSelected = false;
try{
po::options_description desc("Allowed options");
desc.add_options()
("adam,a", po::value<bool>(&adamSelected)->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true),"Choose Adam")
("alice,A", po::value<bool>(&aliceSelected)->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true),"Choose Alice")
;
po::variables_map vm;
auto parsed = po::command_line_parser(argc, argv).options(desc).style(po_style::unix_style | po_style::long_case_insensitive).run();
po::store(parsed, vm);
po::notify(vm);
std::cout << "Adam is selected: " << (adamSelected?"true":"false") << std::endl
<< "Alice is selected: " << (aliceSelected?"true":"false") << std::endl;
}
catch(std::exception& e){
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
When you use the ::long_case_insensitive style it inadvertently behaves as if you also selected ::short_case_insensitive.
I noticed this behavior since boost 1.68.0, compiling with 1.67.0 gives the correct result.
In v1.67.0, if you call the test program below like this,
./test -A, it will give the correct result:In v1.68.0 and v1.69.0 it will give the wrong result, as if ::short_case_insensitive was also selected.:
Basically the -A argument becomes an -a argument.
Example code to illustrate the problem.