On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:59:56 GMT, Henry Jen <henry...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Improving option value handling to support passing argument value starts with
> "--".
>
> Before the fix, in following example, --add-modules will be considered as
> another option for JLink instead of argument value for --add-options.
> --add-options --add-modules=jdk.incubator.concurrent
> --add-options=--add-modules=jdk.incubator.concurrent
>
> will cause JLink to report
> Error: no value given for --add-options
> as --add-modules is considered another option for JLink.
>
> After the fix, by using = will ensure the value is properly handled as
> argument value. Also using "" with multiple values will be recognized
> properly. So following form should work
> --add-options "--add-modules jdk.incubator.concurrent"
> --add-options=--add-modules=jdk.incubator.concurrent
src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/TaskHelper.java line 553:
> 551: param.charAt(0) == '-' && param.charAt(1) ==
> '-' &&
> 552: !param.contains(" ")) {
> 553: throw new BadArgs("err.missing.arg",
> name).showUsage(true);
This expression is hard to verify, would it possible to re-format it back to
the original as that was much clearer to read.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22526#discussion_r1871361961
