https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14921
Issue ID: 14921 Summary: getopt throws preventing printing of options Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: phobos Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com Reporter: schvei...@yahoo.com std.getopt.getopt can throw. What do you print in this case, since the mechanism used to print the help is embedded in the GetOptResult that is returned? I think there should be a configuration option to embed in the GetOptResult the error message instead of throwing it. At the moment, I have an ugly workaround: void main(string[] args) { void callGetOpt(ref string[] a) { getoptresult = getopt(a, ...); } try { callGetOpt(args); if(getoptresult.helpRequested) usage(getoptresult); } catch(Exception ex) { callGetOpt(null); // generate the help anyway usage(getoptresult); // print usage } ... } --