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Exit with non-zero status when CLI arguments fail to parse - #1300
Every h3 CLI subcommand exits with status 0 when its arguments fail to parse. The usage text goes to stderr, but scripts checking $? cannot tell the call failed:
The cause is PARSE_SUBCOMMAND. parseArgs returns non-zero both when --help was requested and when parsing failed (unknown argument, missing required argument, missing or unparseable value), and the macro maps every non-zero result to E_SUCCESS.
This change returns E_FAILED unless help was requested, which is the same error the subcommands already return for an unrecognized --format. h3 <subcommand> --help still exits 0. On a parse failure the CLI now prints the usage text followed by Error 1: ... on stderr and exits 1. Running h3 with no subcommand or an unknown subcommand already exited 1, so this makes the subcommands consistent with that.
Tests
New tests/cli/parseArgs.txt with 5 CLI tests: unknown argument, missing required argument, unparseable value and missing value each expect exit status 1; --help expects exit status 0.
Before the fix, the 4 failure-case tests fail and the --help test passes. After the fix, all 5 pass.
Full ctest: 331/331 pass (macOS arm64, Debug). clang-format 14 leaves the change unchanged.
Added a line to the Unreleased "Fixed" section of the changelog.
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PARSE_SUBCOMMAND returned E_SUCCESS whenever parseArgs returned non-zero,
which covers both --help and real parse failures (unknown argument,
missing required argument, missing or unparseable value). The usage text
was printed to stderr but the process still exited 0, so scripts could
not detect the failure. Return E_FAILED unless help was requested.
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The CLI now returns a non-zero status for argument-parsing failures and status 0 for help requests. The change adds named parser return codes, CLI tests, and a changelog entry.
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CLI Argument Exit Status
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Parser result and exit-status coverage src/apps/applib/include/args.h, src/apps/applib/lib/args.c, src/apps/filters/h3.c, tests/cli/parseArgs.txt, CHANGELOG.md
The shared header defines named parser return codes, replacing definitions in args.c. PARSE_SUBCOMMAND continues on success, returns success for help, and returns failure for other parser results. Tests cover parsing failures and help exit statuses. The changelog records the behavior.
uber/h3#1298: Changes numeric argument parsing so empty or whitespace-only values return parse failures handled by this exit-status change.
Suggested reviewers: dfellis
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Subcommand parse failures now return a nonzero status. Top-level help retains its existing behavior; no material new merge risk is established.
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Review comments at @src/apps/filters/h3.c:
- Line 47: Update the argument-parsing return logic around helpArg.found so help
returns success only when parsing succeeds; preserve failure for parser errors,
including an unknown argument after --help. Add a test covering cellToLatLng
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parseArgs sets helpArg.found as soon as it sees --help, then can still
fail on a later argument (e.g. `cellToLatLng --help --bogus`). The
previous check used helpArg.found, so those cases exited 0. Dispatch on
the parseArgs return code instead: PARSE_ARGS_HELP is the only non-zero
code that means help was printed without an error. The PARSE_ARGS_*
codes move from args.c to args.h so callers can use them.
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Minor · Apply the parse-result mapping to generalHelp too. · h3.c:94-96
src/apps/filters/h3.c:94-96 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Apply the parse-result mapping to generalHelp too.
For h3 --help --bogus, parseArgs returns PARSE_ARGS_UNKNOWN_ARGUMENT. This branch still returns E_SUCCESS, so the invalid command exits with status 0. Handle PARSE_ARGS_HELP separately from parse failures and add a test for the general-help entrypoint. This is the same failure pattern previously reported for a named subcommand, but it remains in a separate path. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @src/apps/filters/h3.c around lines 94 - 96:
Update generalHelp’s parseArgs handling to distinguish PARSE_ARGS_HELP from parse failures and reuse the existing parse-result-to-exit-status mapping so unknown arguments return a failure status. Add a test for the general-help entrypoint covering `h3 --help --bogus` and verify it exits unsuccessfully.
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Review comments at @src/apps/filters/h3.c:
- Around line 94-96: Update generalHelp’s parseArgs handling to distinguish
PARSE_ARGS_HELP from parse failures and reuse the existing
parse-result-to-exit-status mapping so unknown arguments return a failure
status. Add a test for the general-help entrypoint covering `h3 --help --bogus`
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Summary
Every
h3CLI subcommand exits with status 0 when its arguments fail to parse. The usage text goes to stderr, but scripts checking$?cannot tell the call failed:The cause is
PARSE_SUBCOMMAND.parseArgsreturns non-zero both when--helpwas requested and when parsing failed (unknown argument, missing required argument, missing or unparseable value), and the macro maps every non-zero result toE_SUCCESS.This change returns
E_FAILEDunless help was requested, which is the same error the subcommands already return for an unrecognized--format.h3 <subcommand> --helpstill exits 0. On a parse failure the CLI now prints the usage text followed byError 1: ...on stderr and exits 1. Runningh3with no subcommand or an unknown subcommand already exited 1, so this makes the subcommands consistent with that.Tests
tests/cli/parseArgs.txtwith 5 CLI tests: unknown argument, missing required argument, unparseable value and missing value each expect exit status 1;--helpexpects exit status 0.--helptest passes. After the fix, all 5 pass.ctest: 331/331 pass (macOS arm64, Debug).clang-format14 leaves the change unchanged.This was investigated and written with an AI coding agent (Claude) working on my behalf.