Rethrow ExitExceptions if we're not handling exceptions.

examples/test18.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	try {
 
-		CmdLine cmd("Command description message", ' ', "0.9", false);
+		CmdLine cmd("Command description message", ' ', "0.9", true);
 
 		cmd.setExceptionHandling(false);
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	} catch (ArgException &e) { // catch any exceptions
 		cerr << "error: " << e.error() << " for arg " << e.argId() << endl;
 		return 1;
+	} catch (ExitException &e) { // catch any exceptions
+		cerr << "Exiting on ExitException." << endl;
+		return e.getExitStatus();
 	}
 }
 

include/tclap/CmdLine.h

@@ -477,6 +477,11 @@ inline void CmdLine::parse(std::vector<std::string>& args)
 			shouldExit = true;
 		}
 	} catch (ExitException &ee) {
+		// If we're not handling the exceptions, rethrow.
+		if ( !_handleExceptions) {
+			throw;
+		}
+
 		estat = ee.getExitStatus();
 		shouldExit = true;
 	}

tests/Makefile.am

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ TESTS = test1.sh \
 		test66.sh \
 		test67.sh \
 		test68.sh \
-		test69.sh
+		test69.sh \
+		test70.sh
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test1.out \
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test66.out \
 			 test67.out \
 			 test68.out \
-			 test69.out
+			 test69.out \
+			 test70.out
 
 CLEANFILES = tmp.out

tests/test70.out

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+USAGE: 
+
+   ../examples/test18  [--] [--version] [-h]
+
+
+Where: 
+
+   --,  --ignore_rest
+     Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag.
+
+   --version
+     Displays version information and exits.
+
+   -h,  --help
+     Displays usage information and exits.
+
+
+   Command description message
+
+Exiting on ExitException.

tests/test70.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Checks that parsing exceptions are properly
+# propagated to the caller.
+../examples/test18 --help > tmp.out 2>&1
+
+if cmp -s tmp.out $srcdir/test70.out; then
+	exit 0
+else
+	exit 1
+fi
+