No way to get number of non-unlimited positional arguments

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Feature
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli

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Start with the linked positional_options_description documentation, then locate the class implementation and its existing tests in the program_options module. Check how max_total_count distinguishes unlimited arguments. Done means exposing the count of counted positional arguments and covering that behavior with tests and documentation.

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Description

Documentation for positional_options_description says it has a max_total_count function that returns the number of positional arguments, and may return numeric_limits::max to indicate unlimited arguments. However, there is no way to determine the number of counted arguments.

Given an instance of positional_options_description, it is therefore impossible, for example, to print out a list of all positional arguments, stopping at the last, unlimited argument. A new member function that provides this is all you'd need to add, IMO.

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