Add a new cl::PositionalEatsArgs flag

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@13387 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/CommandLine.html b/docs/CommandLine.html
index 8c59b2b371..3533f14f48 100644
--- a/docs/CommandLine.html
+++ b/docs/CommandLine.html
@@ -870,13 +870,14 @@ name).</p>
 <p>There are several limitations to when <tt>cl::ConsumeAfter</tt> options can
 be specified.  For example, only one <tt>cl::ConsumeAfter</tt> can be specified
 per program, there must be at least one <a href="#positional">positional
-argument</a> specified, and the <tt>cl::ConsumeAfter</tt> option should be a <a
+argument</a> specified, there must not be any <a href="#cl::list">cl::list</a>
+positional arguments, and the <tt>cl::ConsumeAfter</tt> option should be a <a
 href="#cl::list">cl::list</a> option.</p>
 
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-<div class="subsection">
+<div class="doc_subsection">
   <a name="storage">Internal vs External Storage</a>
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@@ -1283,10 +1284,19 @@ options are equivalent when <tt>cl::CommaSeparated</tt> is specified:
 makes sense to be used in a case where the option is allowed to accept one or
 more values (i.e. it is a <a href="#cl::list">cl::list</a> option).</li>
 
+<li><a name="cl::PositionalEatsArgs">The
+<b><tt>cl::PositionalEatsArgs</tt></b></a> modifier (which only applies to
+positional arguments, and only makes sense for lists) indicates that positional
+argument should consume any strings after it (including strings that start with
+a "-") up until another recognized positional argument.  For example, if you
+have two "eating" positional arguments "<tt>pos1</tt>" and "<tt>pos2</tt>" the
+string "<tt>-pos1 -foo -bar baz -pos2 -bork</tt>" would cause the "<tt>-foo -bar
+-baz</tt>" strings to be applied to the "<tt>-pos1</tt>" option and the
+"<tt>-bork</tt>" string to be applied to the "<tt>-pos2</tt>" option.</li>
+
 </ul>
 
-<p>So far, the only miscellaneous option modifier is the
-<tt>cl::CommaSeparated</tt> modifier.</p>
+<p>So far, these are the only two miscellaneous option modifiers.</p>
 
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