From bd4ee6a429c1158bd82dad6ec151e6ba0065c822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Hill <bruce@bruce-hill.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 01:11:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add better error checking for parsing `program --array=1 2 3`

---
 stdlib/stdlib.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stdlib/stdlib.c b/stdlib/stdlib.c
index cc54989..64f3555 100644
--- a/stdlib/stdlib.c
+++ b/stdlib/stdlib.c
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ static bool parse_single_arg(const TypeInfo_t *info, char *arg, void *dest)
 
         Text_t t = generic_as_text(NULL, false, info);
         errx(1, "Unsupported multi-argument struct type for argument parsing: %k", &t);
+    } else if (info->tag == ArrayInfo) {
+        errx(1, "Array arguments must be specified as `--flag ...` not `--flag=...`");
+    } else if (info->tag == TableInfo) {
+        errx(1, "Table arguments must be specified as `--flag ...` not `--flag=...`");
     } else {
         Text_t t = generic_as_text(NULL, false, info);
         errx(1, "Unsupported type for argument parsing: %k", &t);