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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:35:39 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] getopt: fix optional argument processing
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:03:28PM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> Processing an option character with optional argument fails if the
> option is last on the command line. This happens because the
> if (optind >= argc) check runs first before testing for optional
> argument.
> ---
> src/misc/getopt.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/misc/getopt.c b/src/misc/getopt.c
> index 8a2e4d5..7ce3789 100644
> --- a/src/misc/getopt.c
> +++ b/src/misc/getopt.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ int getopt(int argc, char * const argv[], const char *optstring)
> return '?';
> }
> if (optstring[i+1] == ':') {
> + if (optstring[i+2] == ':') optarg = 0;
> if (optind >= argc) {
> + if (optstring[i+2] == ':') return c;
Couldn't this be:
if (optstring[i+2] == ':') optarg = 0;
else if (optind >= argc) {
I'm not sure if that's nicer but it eliminates the additional return
path you're adding.
Rich
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