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Parameter parsing/passing: a hyphen at the start of an argument situationally prevents string interpolation #14587
Description
Closely related: #13489
In a --prefixed argument (that ends up not being a named argument), an embedded variable reference isn't expanded unless it happens to be preceded by :
Steps to reproduce
Write-Output -foo=$HOME | Should -Be "-foo=$HOME"Expected behavior
The test should succeed.
Actual behavior
The test fails, because the variable reference is unexpectedly not expanded.
Expected strings to be the same, but they were different.[...]
Expected: '-foo=/Users/jdoe' But was: '-foo=$HOME'
Environment data
PowerShell Core 7.2.0-preview.2
Activity
[-]Parameter parsing/passing: a hyphen at the start of an argument situationally prevent string interpolation[/-][+]Parameter parsing/passing: a hyphen at the start of an argument situationally prevents string interpolation[/+]microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Nov 16, 2023
This issue has not had any activity in 6 months, if this is a bug please try to reproduce on the latest version of PowerShell and reopen a new issue and reference this issue if this is still a blocker for you.
microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Nov 16, 2023
This issue has not had any activity in 6 months, if this is a bug please try to reproduce on the latest version of PowerShell and reopen a new issue and reference this issue if this is still a blocker for you.
microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Nov 16, 2023
This issue has not had any activity in 6 months, if this is a bug please try to reproduce on the latest version of PowerShell and reopen a new issue and reference this issue if this is still a blocker for you.
microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Nov 23, 2023
This issue has been marked as "No Activity" as there has been no activity for 6 months. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.