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[PATCH 04/10] parse-options: sanity check PARSE_OPT_NOARG flag

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 1, 2010, 23:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20101201233020.GE31815@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20101201232728.GA31815@burratino>

Some option types cannot use an argument --- boolean options that would set a bit or flag or increment a counter, for example. If configured in the flag word to accept an argument anyway, the result is an argument that is advertised in "program -h" output only to be rejected by parse-options::get_value.

Luckily all current users of these option types use PARSE_OPT_NOARG and do not use PARSE_OPT_OPTARG. Add a check to ensure that that remains true. The check is run once for each invocation of parse_option_start().

Improved-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 parse-options.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index c825620..e4d0b82 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -328,6 +328,19 @@ static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts)
 		     opts->long_name))
 			optbug(opts, "uses feature "
 				"not supported for dashless options");
+		switch (opts->type) {
+		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_BIT:
+		case OPTION_NEGBIT:
+		case OPTION_SET_INT:
+		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		case OPTION_NUMBER:
+			if ((opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG) ||
+			    !(opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG))
+				optbug(opts, "should not accept an argument");
+		default:
+			; /* ok. (usually accepts an argument) */
+		}
 	}
 }
 
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  1. 00/10 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  2. 01/10 parse-options: Don't call parse_options_check() so muchJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  3. René ScharfeDec 5, 2010
  4. Stephen BoydDec 6, 2010
  5. 02/10 parse-options: clearer reporting of API misuseJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederDec 2, 2010
  7. 02/10 parse-options: clearer reporting of API misuseJonathan Nieder, Dec 2, 2010
  8. 02/10 parse-options: clearer reporting of API misuseJonathan Nieder, Dec 2, 2010
  9. 03/10 parse-options: move NODASH sanity checks to parse_options_checkJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  10. 03/10 parse-options: move NODASH sanity checks to parse_options_checkJonathan Nieder, Dec 2, 2010
  11. 04/10 parse-options: sanity check PARSE_OPT_NOARG flagJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  12. 04/10 parse-options: sanity check PARSE_OPT_NOARG flagJonathan Nieder, Dec 2, 2010
  13. 05/10 parse-options: do not infer PARSE_OPT_NOARG from option typeJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  14. 06/10 parse-options: never suppress arghelp if LITERAL_ARGHELP is setJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  15. Stephen BoydDec 3, 2010
  16. Jonathan NiederDec 3, 2010
  17. Stephen BoydDec 3, 2010
  18. 07/10 parse-options: allow git commands to invent new option typesJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  19. 08/10 parse-options: make resuming easier after PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTIONJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  20. 09/10 setup: save prefix (original cwd relative to toplevel) in startup_infoJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  21. 10/10 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010

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