Bug 1972 – CommandLine duplicate argument handling

Bug 1972 - CommandLine duplicate argument handling


Summary:	CommandLine duplicate argument handling

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	ns-3
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	core
Version:	pre-release
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	P5 enhancement
Assigned To:	Peter Barnes

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Reported:	2014-09-03 09:42 EDT by Tom Henderson
Modified:	2016-03-08 14:29 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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documentation to clarify the behavior with repeated argument (2.18 KB, patch) 2014-09-12 18:14 EDT, Peter Barnes	Details \| Diff
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Description Tom Henderson 2014-09-03 09:42:46 EDT

Described in this thread.

http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2014-September/012228.html

Either documentation patch or patch to prevent the problem.

I would propose that a duplicate argument would trigger an NS_FATAL_ERROR(msg).

Comment 1 Peter Barnes 2014-09-12 18:14:51 EDT

Created attachment 1875 [details]
documentation to clarify the behavior with repeated argument

Comment 2 Tom Henderson 2014-09-15 17:38:23 EDT

I pushed the documentation patch in changeset 10953:6751a4094ffd; do we want to leave this bug open for further work, or close it now?

Comment 3 Peter Barnes 2015-11-11 23:34:43 EST

Last call.  

Updated docs here:
https://www.nsnam.org/docs/release/3.24/doxygen/classns3_1_1_command_line.html#details

Note the verbiage beginning:
"Arguments can be repeated on the command line; the last value given will be the final value used. For example,"