klocwork analysis finding: memory leak

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Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli

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Start at parse_cmd_options and the options_description setup around line 48, then reproduce or inspect the Klocwork report with Boost 1.69. Done means determining whether po::value(&sw) is a real leak and documenting or correcting the issue with supporting analysis.

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Problem Description:
44 int parse_cmd_options(int argc, char **argv) {
45 po::options_description desc{"Options"};
46 desc.add_options()
47 ("help", "Convolution Options:")
48 ("mb,n", po::value(&mb), "Batch size")

klocwork report: Memory leak. Dynamic memory stored in 'po::value ( &sw)' allocated through function 'value' at line 48 is lost at line 46

The boost version we used is 1.69
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