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Boost.org program_options module

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validation_error implicit copy/move constructor Open

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boostorg/program_options#147 · Opened Jul 29, 2025
variable_map implicit copy/move constructors Open

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boostorg/program_options#146 · Opened Jul 29, 2025
non static member shadows Open

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boostorg/program_options#144 · Opened Jul 29, 2025
problem with different quotes Open

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boostorg/program_options#142 · Opened Jun 20, 2025
Compiler warning about deprecated header Open

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boostorg/program_options#139 · Opened Aug 7, 2024
Compilation failure with Clang 17 and `-std=cpp23` Open

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boostorg/program_options#137 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2024
Add Transparent Comparator Support Open

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boostorg/program_options#134 · Opened Apr 19, 2024
Please add utf-8 support for c++20 Open

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boostorg/program_options#126 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 10, 2023
Gaps between specification and implementation in typed_value::composing() Open

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boostorg/program_options#124 · Opened Jul 22, 2023
crash with one dash Open

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boostorg/program_options#123 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2023
Link Error when use variables_map::contains method Open

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boostorg/program_options#117 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 21, 2022
Visual Studio 2022 error LNK1104 Open

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boostorg/program_options#116 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2022
Supplying a list of possible values instead of a default value to an option? Open

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boostorg/program_options#115 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 14, 2022
program_options.hpp fails when imported as a header unit (MSVC 2022). Open

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boostorg/program_options#114 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 6, 2022
Why doesn't `allow_unregistered` work for me? Open

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boostorg/program_options#113 · Opened Oct 20, 2021
program_options support std::vector and not boost::container::vector Open

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boostorg/program_options#111 · Opened Jul 13, 2021
canonical_name option for error_with_option_name is giving NULL string Open

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boostorg/program_options#102 · Opened Oct 26, 2020
parse_config_file: alternate comment interpretation Open

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boostorg/program_options#100 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 23, 2020
Duplicate option not detected when added Open

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boostorg/program_options#99 · Opened Oct 18, 2020
symbol visibility problem on macOS Open

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boostorg/program_options#98 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 20, 2020
The short name is limited to 1 char Open

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boostorg/program_options#96 · Opened May 7, 2020
Use library as header only? Open

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boostorg/program_options#95 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 23, 2020
Use boost-ci Open

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boostorg/program_options#90 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2020
boost_program_options failed to link due to undefined references Open

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boostorg/program_options#86 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2019
Program options default has unreasonable precision Open

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boostorg/program_options#85 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 28, 2019
[Feature] Allow Unknown Options from all sources Open

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boostorg/program_options#83 · 1 comment · Opened May 30, 2019
Feature Request: Make options_description output optionally machine readable (ie --helpjson) to support auto-completion of process *arguments* in system shells Open

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boostorg/program_options#80 · 1 comment · Opened May 26, 2019
Long option name tokens are parsed as previous option value Open

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boostorg/program_options#78 · Opened Apr 19, 2019
klocwork analysis finding: memory leak Open

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boostorg/program_options#77 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2019
[Regression 1.69.0] Clang UBSan triggers when std::string is used in notify() Open

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boostorg/program_options#76 · Opened Mar 11, 2019
Long case insensitive style also makes short case insensitive. Open

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boostorg/program_options#74 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 7, 2019
basic_command_line_parser::options() may store address of temporary Open

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boostorg/program_options#73 · Opened Jan 28, 2019
travis fails on apple xcode Open

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boostorg/program_options#72 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 5, 2019
Memory leaks when application is compiled with BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS Open

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boostorg/program_options#70 · 10 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2018
Support for <boost/std>::filesystem::path Open

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boostorg/program_options#69 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 9, 2018
options cannot be stored in variables Open

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boostorg/program_options#68 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 25, 2018
More robust common_config_file_iterator Open

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boostorg/program_options#67 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 22, 2018
boost program options: win64: bcp namespace renamed version: *.lib file of program_options for *.dll is not created Open

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boostorg/program_options#66 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 20, 2018
No way to get number of non-unlimited positional arguments Open

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boostorg/program_options#63 · Opened Sep 13, 2018
Confusing behavior when order of long/short options are swapped Open

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boostorg/program_options#62 · Opened Sep 13, 2018
Documentation typo Open

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boostorg/program_options#61 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 6, 2018
build error with boost 1.68 Open

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boostorg/program_options#60 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2018
linking with program_options has unresolved symbols on MSVC Open

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boostorg/program_options#58 · 26 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 7, 2018
Enable Coverity Scan integration Open

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boostorg/program_options#49 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 21, 2018
UBSAN errors identified Open

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boostorg/program_options#44 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 7, 2018
Skip unknown options while parsing env vars Open

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boostorg/program_options#42 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2018
Need explanation regarding how to build after cloning Open

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boostorg/program_options#39 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 9, 2018
do_length hides overloaded Open

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boostorg/program_options#36 · Opened Oct 25, 2017
The parsing error of the multitoken argument with negative numbers Open

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boostorg/program_options#33 · 6 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 20, 2017
Problems with displaying long option description with cyrillic characters Open

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boostorg/program_options#24 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2016

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