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Henri Yandell updated CLI-174:
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    Summary: RuntimeException in the wrapping code of HelpFormatter  (was: 
infinite loop in the wrapping code of HelpFormatter - Solve?)

> RuntimeException in the wrapping code of HelpFormatter
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CLI-174
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI-174
>             Project: Commons CLI
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Help formatter
>    Affects Versions: 1.1
>            Reporter: Emmanuel Bourg
>             Fix For: 1.3
>
>
> If there is not enough space to display a word on a single line, 
> HelpFormatter goes into a infinite loops until the JVM crashes with an 
> OutOfMemoryError.
> Test case:
> {code}
> Options options = new Options();
> options.addOption("h", "help", false, "This is a looooong description");
> HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
> formatter.setWidth(20);
> formatter.printHelp("app", options); // hang & crash
> {code}
> An helpful exception indicating the insufficient width would be more 
> appropriate than an OutOfMemoryError.

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