fix: drop one arg parse shortcut (#987)

include/CLI/App.hpp

@@ -848,10 +848,6 @@ class App {
     /// Reset the parsed data
     void clear();
 
-    /// Parse the command-line arguments passed to the main function of the executable.
-    /// This overload will correctly parse unicode arguments on Windows.
-    void parse();
-
     /// Parses the command line - throws errors.
     /// This must be called after the options are in but before the rest of the program.
     void parse(int argc, const char *const *argv);

include/CLI/Argv.hpp

@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ namespace detail {
 CLI11_INLINE std::vector<std::string> compute_win32_argv();
 #endif
 }  // namespace detail
-
-/// argc as passed in to this executable.
-CLI11_INLINE int argc();
-
-/// argv as passed in to this executable, converted to utf-8 on Windows.
-CLI11_INLINE const char *const *argv();
-
 // [CLI11:argv_hpp:end]
 }  // namespace CLI
 

include/CLI/impl/App_inl.hpp

@@ -529,8 +529,6 @@ CLI11_INLINE void App::clear() {
     }
 }
 
-CLI11_INLINE void App::parse() { parse(argc(), argv()); }  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-
 CLI11_INLINE void App::parse(int argc, const char *const *argv) { parse_char_t(argc, argv); }
 CLI11_INLINE void App::parse(int argc, const wchar_t *const *argv) { parse_char_t(argc, argv); }
 

include/CLI/impl/Argv_inl.hpp

@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 // third
 #include <processthreadsapi.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
-
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-#include <crt_externs.h>
 #endif
 // [CLI11:argv_inl_includes:end]
 
@@ -62,33 +59,6 @@ namespace CLI {
 
 namespace detail {
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-// Copy argc and argv as early as possible to avoid modification
-static const std::vector<const char *> static_args = [] {
-    static const std::vector<std::string> static_args_as_strings = [] {
-        std::vector<std::string> args_as_strings;
-        int argc = *_NSGetArgc();
-        char **argv = *_NSGetArgv();
-
-        args_as_strings.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(argc));
-        for(size_t i = 0; i < static_cast<size_t>(argc); i++) {
-            args_as_strings.push_back(argv[i]);
-        }
-
-        return args_as_strings;
-    }();
-
-    std::vector<const char *> static_args_result;
-    static_args_result.reserve(static_args_as_strings.size());
-
-    for(const auto &arg : static_args_as_strings) {
-        static_args_result.push_back(arg.data());
-    }
-
-    return static_args_result;
-}();
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 CLI11_INLINE std::vector<std::string> compute_win32_argv() {
     std::vector<std::string> result;
@@ -112,78 +82,7 @@ CLI11_INLINE std::vector<std::string> compute_win32_argv() {
 }
 #endif
 
-/// Command-line arguments, as passed in to this executable, converted to utf-8 on Windows.
-CLI11_INLINE const std::vector<const char *> &args() {
-    // This function uses initialization via lambdas extensively to take advantage of the thread safety of static
-    // variable initialization [stmt.dcl.3]
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    static const std::vector<const char *> static_args = [] {
-        static const std::vector<std::string> static_args_as_strings = compute_win32_argv();
-
-        std::vector<const char *> static_args_result;
-        static_args_result.reserve(static_args_as_strings.size());
-
-        for(const auto &arg : static_args_as_strings) {
-            static_args_result.push_back(arg.data());
-        }
-
-        return static_args_result;
-    }();
-
-    return static_args;
-
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-
-    return static_args;
-
-#else
-    static const std::vector<const char *> static_args = [] {
-        static const std::vector<char> static_cmdline = [] {
-            // On posix, retrieve arguments from /proc/self/cmdline, separated by null terminators.
-            std::vector<char> cmdline;
-
-            auto deleter = [](FILE *f) { std::fclose(f); };
-            std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(deleter)> fp_unique(std::fopen("/proc/self/cmdline", "r"), deleter);
-            FILE *fp = fp_unique.get();
-            if(!fp) {
-                throw std::runtime_error("could not open /proc/self/cmdline for reading");  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-            }
-
-            size_t size = 0;
-            while(std::feof(fp) == 0) {
-                cmdline.resize(size + 128);
-                size += std::fread(cmdline.data() + size, 1, 128, fp);
-
-                if(std::ferror(fp) != 0) {
-                    throw std::runtime_error("error during reading /proc/self/cmdline");  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-                }
-            }
-            cmdline.resize(size);
-
-            return cmdline;
-        }();
-
-        std::size_t argc = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::count(static_cmdline.begin(), static_cmdline.end(), '\0'));
-        std::vector<const char *> static_args_result;
-        static_args_result.reserve(argc);
-
-        for(auto it = static_cmdline.begin(); it != static_cmdline.end();
-            it = std::find(it, static_cmdline.end(), '\0') + 1) {
-            static_args_result.push_back(static_cmdline.data() + (it - static_cmdline.begin()));
-        }
-
-        return static_args_result;
-    }();
-
-    return static_args;
-#endif
-}
-
 }  // namespace detail
 
-CLI11_INLINE const char *const *argv() { return detail::args().data(); }
-CLI11_INLINE int argc() { return static_cast<int>(detail::args().size()); }
-
 // [CLI11:argv_inl_hpp:end]
 }  // namespace CLI

tests/AppTest.cpp

@@ -2628,24 +2628,6 @@ TEST_CASE("C20_compile", "simple") {
     CHECK_FALSE(flag->empty());
 }
 
-// #14
-TEST_CASE("System Args", "[app]") {
-    const char *commandline = CLI11_SYSTEM_ARGS_EXE " 1234 false \"hello world\"";
-    int retval = std::system(commandline);
-
-    if(retval == -1) {
-        FAIL("Executable '" << commandline << "' reported different argc count");
-    }
-
-    if(retval > 0) {
-        FAIL("Executable '" << commandline << "' reported different argv at index " << (retval - 1));
-    }
-
-    if(retval != 0) {
-        FAIL("Executable '" << commandline << "' failed with an unknown return code");
-    }
-}
-
 // #845
 TEST_CASE("Ensure UTF-8", "[app]") {
     const char *commandline = CLI11_ENSURE_UTF8_EXE " 1234 false \"hello world\"";

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ endforeach()
 add_custom_target(cli11_test_data DEPENDS ${DATA_FILES})
 
 # Build dependent applications which are launched from test code
-set(CLI11_DEPENDENT_APPLICATIONS system_args ensure_utf8 ensure_utf8_twice)
+set(CLI11_DEPENDENT_APPLICATIONS ensure_utf8 ensure_utf8_twice)
 
 foreach(APP IN LISTS CLI11_DEPENDENT_APPLICATIONS)
   add_executable(${APP} applications/${APP}.cpp)

tests/applications/system_args.cpp

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2017-2024, University of Cincinnati, developed by Henry Schreiner
-// under NSF AWARD 1414736 and by the respective contributors.
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-
-#include <CLI/CLI.hpp>
-#include <cstring>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    if(argc != CLI::argc()) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-        if(std::strcmp(argv[i], CLI::argv()[i]) != 0) {
-            return i + 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}

tests/meson.build

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ testnames = [
 ]
 
 dependent_applications = [
-    'system_args',
     'ensure_utf8',
     'ensure_utf8_twice',
 ]