From 6350039320de264ff6a7b300bed5fee32afc9774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 00JCIV00 <jake.crawfordiv@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:23:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed Empty Inline Short Options

- Fixed an issue where inline Short Options wouldn't register.
---
 src/cova.zig | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cova.zig b/src/cova.zig
index 9b280ba..70e1ea7 100644
--- a/src/cova.zig
+++ b/src/cova.zig
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ fn parseArgsCtx(
                                 // Handle Argument provided to this Option with the Option/Value Separator (like '=') instead of ' '.
                                 if (mem.indexOfScalar(u8, CommandT.OptionT.opt_val_seps, short_opts[short_idx + 1]) != null) {
                                     if (mem.eql(u8, opt.val.childType(), "bool") and !opt.val.hasCustomParseFn()) {
-                                        log.err("The Option '{c}{?c}: {s}' is a Boolean/Toggle and cannot take an argument.", .{ 
-                                            short_pf, 
-                                            opt.short_name, 
-                                            opt.name 
+                                        log.err("The Option '{c}{?c}: {s}' is a Boolean/Toggle and cannot take an argument.", .{
+                                            short_pf,
+                                            opt.short_name,
+                                            opt.name,
                                         });
                                         try errReaction(parse_config.err_reaction, opt, writer);
                                         try writer.print("\n", .{});
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ fn parseArgsCtx(
                                     log.debug("Parsed Option '{?c}'.", .{ opt.short_name });
                                     continue :shortOpts;
                                 }
+                                // Handle a non-boolean Option that allows an Empty Value.
+                                else if (opt.allow_empty) {
+                                    opt.val.setEmpty() catch 
+                                        log.err("The Option '{s}' has already been set.", .{ opt.name });
+                                    continue :shortOpts;
+                                }
                                 // Handle a non-boolean Option which is given a Value without a space ' ' to separate them.
                                 else if (CommandT.OptionT.allow_opt_val_no_space) {
                                     var short_names_buf: [CommandT.max_args]u8 = undefined;