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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -296,9 +296,12 @@ declare a one-letter shortcut that you can call with a single dash like
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299- It is also possible to make an option *optionally * accept a value (so that
300- ``--yell ``, ``--yell=loud `` or ``--yell loud `` work). Options can also be configured to
301- accept an array of values.
299+ It may look that it's possible to make an option *optionally * accept a value
300+ (so that ``--yell `` or ``--yell=loud `` work). However, if you call a command
301+ with an option without a value, you'll retrieve ``null `` as the option's value
302+ which is the same when you omit the option. In practice, this means that a
303+ command cannot distinguish between passing an option without a value and not
304+ passing that very same option.
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303306For example, add a new option to the command that can be used to specify
304307how many times in a row the message should be printed::
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