0000127: Options that do not begin with - are silently ignored by flag file parser

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0000127

Rosetta

[All Projects] Bad Coding

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2012-10-07 19:23

2012-10-08 11:29

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delucasl

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delucasl

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

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always

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resolved

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fixed

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0000127: Options that do not begin with - are silently ignored by flag file parser

Description

imagine a flag file that looks like this:

-foo
bar 5

instead of

-foo
-bar 5

The option -foo:bar 5 will be silently ignored. In a long flags file this can result in errors that occur silently and are extremely difficult to catch by eye.

I suspect that anything without a dash is being treated as a comment. instead, we should treat anything starting with # as a comment, and reject arbitrary text. This will remove this class of typo bug at very little cost to the usability and readability of Rosetta.

I'm listing this as a feature request, because it is one, basically.

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51547

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(0000116) smlewis (Administrator) 2012-10-08 08:47	Joe (hajosep) hit this recently too. Adding "DIE DIE DIE DIE" to an options file has....no effect.

(0000117) delucasl (Administrator) 2012-10-08 11:29	lines that don't start with '@','-' or '#' result in n EXCN_Msg_Exception being thrown

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-10-07 19:23	delucasl	New Issue
2012-10-07 19:23	delucasl	Status	new => assigned
2012-10-07 19:23	delucasl	Assigned To	=> delucasl
2012-10-08 08:47	smlewis	Note Added: 0000116
2012-10-08 11:29	delucasl	Fixed in SVN Version	=> 51547
2012-10-08 11:29	delucasl	Note Added: 0000117
2012-10-08 11:29	delucasl	Status	assigned => resolved
2012-10-08 11:29	delucasl	Resolution	open => fixed