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+//
+// Copyright 2019 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "absl/flags/parse.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <tuple>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "absl/flags/flag.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/program_name.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/registry.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/usage.h"
+#include "absl/flags/usage.h"
+#include "absl/flags/usage_config.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
+#include "absl/strings/strip.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace flags_internal {
+namespace {
+
+ABSL_CONST_INIT absl::Mutex processing_checks_guard(absl::kConstInit);
+
+ABSL_CONST_INIT bool flagfile_needs_processing
+    ABSL_GUARDED_BY(processing_checks_guard) = false;
+ABSL_CONST_INIT bool fromenv_needs_processing
+    ABSL_GUARDED_BY(processing_checks_guard) = false;
+ABSL_CONST_INIT bool tryfromenv_needs_processing
+    ABSL_GUARDED_BY(processing_checks_guard) = false;
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace flags_internal
+}  // namespace absl
+
+ABSL_FLAG(std::vector<std::string>, flagfile, {},
+          "comma-separated list of files to load flags from")
+    .OnUpdate([]() {
+      if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_flagfile).empty()) return;
+
+      absl::MutexLock l(&absl::flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+
+      // Setting this flag twice before it is handled most likely an internal
+      // error and should be reviewed by developers.
+      if (absl::flags_internal::flagfile_needs_processing) {
+        ABSL_INTERNAL_LOG(WARNING, "flagfile set twice before it is handled");
+      }
+
+      absl::flags_internal::flagfile_needs_processing = true;
+    });
+ABSL_FLAG(std::vector<std::string>, fromenv, {},
+          "comma-separated list of flags to set from the environment"
+          " [use 'export FLAGS_flag1=value']")
+    .OnUpdate([]() {
+      if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_fromenv).empty()) return;
+
+      absl::MutexLock l(&absl::flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+
+      // Setting this flag twice before it is handled most likely an internal
+      // error and should be reviewed by developers.
+      if (absl::flags_internal::fromenv_needs_processing) {
+        ABSL_INTERNAL_LOG(WARNING, "fromenv set twice before it is handled.");
+      }
+
+      absl::flags_internal::fromenv_needs_processing = true;
+    });
+ABSL_FLAG(std::vector<std::string>, tryfromenv, {},
+          "comma-separated list of flags to try to set from the environment if "
+          "present")
+    .OnUpdate([]() {
+      if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_tryfromenv).empty()) return;
+
+      absl::MutexLock l(&absl::flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+
+      // Setting this flag twice before it is handled most likely an internal
+      // error and should be reviewed by developers.
+      if (absl::flags_internal::tryfromenv_needs_processing) {
+        ABSL_INTERNAL_LOG(WARNING,
+                          "tryfromenv set twice before it is handled.");
+      }
+
+      absl::flags_internal::tryfromenv_needs_processing = true;
+    });
+
+ABSL_FLAG(std::vector<std::string>, undefok, {},
+          "comma-separated list of flag names that it is okay to specify "
+          "on the command line even if the program does not define a flag "
+          "with that name");
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace flags_internal {
+
+namespace {
+
+class ArgsList {
+ public:
+  ArgsList() : next_arg_(0) {}
+  ArgsList(int argc, char* argv[]) : args_(argv, argv + argc), next_arg_(0) {}
+  explicit ArgsList(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
+      : args_(args), next_arg_(0) {}
+
+  // Returns success status: true if parsing successful, false otherwise.
+  bool ReadFromFlagfile(const std::string& flag_file_name);
+
+  int Size() const { return args_.size() - next_arg_; }
+  int FrontIndex() const { return next_arg_; }
+  absl::string_view Front() const { return args_[next_arg_]; }
+  void PopFront() { next_arg_++; }
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<std::string> args_;
+  int next_arg_;
+};
+
+bool ArgsList::ReadFromFlagfile(const std::string& flag_file_name) {
+  std::ifstream flag_file(flag_file_name);
+
+  if (!flag_file) {
+    flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+        absl::StrCat("Can't open flagfile ", flag_file_name), true);
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // This argument represents fake argv[0], which should be present in all arg
+  // lists.
+  args_.push_back("");
+
+  std::string line;
+  bool success = true;
+
+  while (std::getline(flag_file, line)) {
+    absl::string_view stripped = absl::StripLeadingAsciiWhitespace(line);
+
+    if (stripped.empty() || stripped[0] == '#') {
+      // Comment or empty line; just ignore.
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (stripped[0] == '-') {
+      if (stripped == "--") {
+        flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+            "Flagfile can't contain position arguments or --", true);
+
+        success = false;
+        break;
+      }
+
+      args_.push_back(std::string(stripped));
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+        absl::StrCat("Unexpected line in the flagfile ", flag_file_name, ": ",
+                     line),
+        true);
+
+    success = false;
+  }
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Reads the environment variable with name `name` and stores results in
+// `value`. If variable is not present in environment returns false, otherwise
+// returns true.
+bool GetEnvVar(const char* var_name, std::string* var_value) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  char buf[1024];
+  auto get_res = GetEnvironmentVariableA(var_name, buf, sizeof(buf));
+  if (get_res >= sizeof(buf)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (get_res == 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *var_value = std::string(buf, get_res);
+#else
+  const char* val = ::getenv(var_name);
+  if (val == nullptr) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *var_value = val;
+#endif
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns:
+//  Flag name or empty if arg= --
+//  Flag value after = in --flag=value (empty if --foo)
+//  "Is empty value" status. True if arg= --foo=, false otherwise. This is
+//  required to separate --foo from --foo=.
+// For example:
+//      arg           return values
+//   "--foo=bar" -> {"foo", "bar", false}.
+//   "--foo"     -> {"foo", "", false}.
+//   "--foo="    -> {"foo", "", true}.
+std::tuple<absl::string_view, absl::string_view, bool> SplitNameAndValue(
+    absl::string_view arg) {
+  // Allow -foo and --foo
+  absl::ConsumePrefix(&arg, "-");
+
+  if (arg.empty()) {
+    return std::make_tuple("", "", false);
+  }
+
+  auto equal_sign_pos = arg.find("=");
+
+  absl::string_view flag_name = arg.substr(0, equal_sign_pos);
+
+  absl::string_view value;
+  bool is_empty_value = false;
+
+  if (equal_sign_pos != absl::string_view::npos) {
+    value = arg.substr(equal_sign_pos + 1);
+    is_empty_value = value.empty();
+  }
+
+  return std::make_tuple(flag_name, value, is_empty_value);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns:
+//  found flag or nullptr
+//  is negative in case of --nofoo
+std::tuple<CommandLineFlag*, bool> LocateFlag(absl::string_view flag_name) {
+  CommandLineFlag* flag = flags_internal::FindCommandLineFlag(flag_name);
+  bool is_negative = false;
+
+  if (!flag && absl::ConsumePrefix(&flag_name, "no")) {
+    flag = flags_internal::FindCommandLineFlag(flag_name);
+    is_negative = true;
+  }
+
+  return std::make_tuple(flag, is_negative);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Verify that default values of typed flags must be convertible to string and
+// back.
+void CheckDefaultValuesParsingRoundtrip() {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+  flags_internal::ForEachFlag([&](CommandLineFlag* flag) {
+    if (flag->IsRetired()) return;
+
+#define IGNORE_TYPE(T) \
+  if (flag->IsOfType<T>()) return;
+
+    ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_FOR_EACH_LOCK_FREE(IGNORE_TYPE)
+    IGNORE_TYPE(std::string)
+    IGNORE_TYPE(std::vector<std::string>)
+#undef IGNORE_TYPE
+
+    flag->CheckDefaultValueParsingRoundtrip();
+  });
+#endif
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns success status, which is true if we successfully read all flag files,
+// in which case new ArgLists are appended to the input_args in a reverse order
+// of file names in the input flagfiles list. This order ensures that flags from
+// the first flagfile in the input list are processed before the second flagfile
+// etc.
+bool ReadFlagfiles(const std::vector<std::string>& flagfiles,
+                   std::vector<ArgsList>* input_args) {
+  bool success = true;
+  for (auto it = flagfiles.rbegin(); it != flagfiles.rend(); ++it) {
+    ArgsList al;
+
+    if (al.ReadFromFlagfile(*it)) {
+      input_args->push_back(al);
+    } else {
+      success = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+// Returns success status, which is true if were able to locate all environment
+// variables correctly or if fail_on_absent_in_env is false. The environment
+// variable names are expected to be of the form `FLAGS_<flag_name>`, where
+// `flag_name` is a string from the input flag_names list. If successful we
+// append a single ArgList at the end of the input_args.
+bool ReadFlagsFromEnv(const std::vector<std::string>& flag_names,
+                      std::vector<ArgsList>* input_args,
+                      bool fail_on_absent_in_env) {
+  bool success = true;
+  std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+  // This argument represents fake argv[0], which should be present in all arg
+  // lists.
+  args.push_back("");
+
+  for (const auto& flag_name : flag_names) {
+    // Avoid infinite recursion.
+    if (flag_name == "fromenv" || flag_name == "tryfromenv") {
+      flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+          absl::StrCat("Infinite recursion on flag ", flag_name), true);
+
+      success = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const std::string envname = absl::StrCat("FLAGS_", flag_name);
+    std::string envval;
+    if (!GetEnvVar(envname.c_str(), &envval)) {
+      if (fail_on_absent_in_env) {
+        flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+            absl::StrCat(envname, " not found in environment"), true);
+
+        success = false;
+      }
+
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    args.push_back(absl::StrCat("--", flag_name, "=", envval));
+  }
+
+  if (success) {
+    input_args->emplace_back(args);
+  }
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns success status, which is true if were able to handle all generator
+// flags (flagfile, fromenv, tryfromemv) successfully.
+bool HandleGeneratorFlags(std::vector<ArgsList>* input_args,
+                          std::vector<std::string>* flagfile_value) {
+  bool success = true;
+
+  absl::MutexLock l(&flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+
+  // flagfile could have been set either on a command line or
+  // programmatically before invoking ParseCommandLine. Note that we do not
+  // actually process arguments specified in the flagfile, but instead
+  // create a secondary arguments list to be processed along with the rest
+  // of the comamnd line arguments. Since we always the process most recently
+  // created list of arguments first, this will result in flagfile argument
+  // being processed before any other argument in the command line. If
+  // FLAGS_flagfile contains more than one file name we create multiple new
+  // levels of arguments in a reverse order of file names. Thus we always
+  // process arguments from first file before arguments containing in a
+  // second file, etc. If flagfile contains another
+  // --flagfile inside of it, it will produce new level of arguments and
+  // processed before the rest of the flagfile. We are also collecting all
+  // flagfiles set on original command line. Unlike the rest of the flags,
+  // this flag can be set multiple times and is expected to be handled
+  // multiple times. We are collecting them all into a single list and set
+  // the value of FLAGS_flagfile to that value at the end of the parsing.
+  if (flags_internal::flagfile_needs_processing) {
+    auto flagfiles = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_flagfile);
+
+    if (input_args->size() == 1) {
+      flagfile_value->insert(flagfile_value->end(), flagfiles.begin(),
+                             flagfiles.end());
+    }
+
+    success &= ReadFlagfiles(flagfiles, input_args);
+
+    flags_internal::flagfile_needs_processing = false;
+  }
+
+  // Similar to flagfile fromenv/tryfromemv can be set both
+  // programmatically and at runtime on a command line. Unlike flagfile these
+  // can't be recursive.
+  if (flags_internal::fromenv_needs_processing) {
+    auto flags_list = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_fromenv);
+
+    success &= ReadFlagsFromEnv(flags_list, input_args, true);
+
+    flags_internal::fromenv_needs_processing = false;
+  }
+
+  if (flags_internal::tryfromenv_needs_processing) {
+    auto flags_list = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_tryfromenv);
+
+    success &= ReadFlagsFromEnv(flags_list, input_args, false);
+
+    flags_internal::tryfromenv_needs_processing = false;
+  }
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void ResetGeneratorFlags(const std::vector<std::string>& flagfile_value) {
+  // Setting flagfile to the value which collates all the values set on a
+  // command line and programmatically. So if command line looked like
+  // --flagfile=f1 --flagfile=f2 the final value of the FLAGS_flagfile flag is
+  // going to be {"f1", "f2"}
+  if (!flagfile_value.empty()) {
+    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_flagfile, flagfile_value);
+    absl::MutexLock l(&flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+    flags_internal::flagfile_needs_processing = false;
+  }
+
+  // fromenv/tryfromenv are set to <undefined> value.
+  if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_fromenv).empty()) {
+    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_fromenv, {});
+  }
+  if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_tryfromenv).empty()) {
+    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_tryfromenv, {});
+  }
+
+  absl::MutexLock l(&flags_internal::processing_checks_guard);
+  flags_internal::fromenv_needs_processing = false;
+  flags_internal::tryfromenv_needs_processing = false;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns:
+//  success status
+//  deduced value
+// We are also mutating curr_list in case if we need to get a hold of next
+// argument in the input.
+std::tuple<bool, absl::string_view> DeduceFlagValue(const CommandLineFlag& flag,
+                                                    absl::string_view value,
+                                                    bool is_negative,
+                                                    bool is_empty_value,
+                                                    ArgsList* curr_list) {
+  // Value is either an argument suffix after `=` in "--foo=<value>"
+  // or separate argument in case of "--foo" "<value>".
+
+  // boolean flags have these forms:
+  //   --foo
+  //   --nofoo
+  //   --foo=true
+  //   --foo=false
+  //   --nofoo=<value> is not supported
+  //   --foo <value> is not supported
+
+  // non boolean flags have these forms:
+  // --foo=<value>
+  // --foo <value>
+  // --nofoo is not supported
+
+  if (flag.IsOfType<bool>()) {
+    if (value.empty()) {
+      if (is_empty_value) {
+        // "--bool_flag=" case
+        flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+            absl::StrCat(
+                "Missing the value after assignment for the boolean flag '",
+                flag.Name(), "'"),
+            true);
+        return std::make_tuple(false, "");
+      }
+
+      // "--bool_flag" case
+      value = is_negative ? "0" : "1";
+    } else if (is_negative) {
+      // "--nobool_flag=Y" case
+      flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+          absl::StrCat("Negative form with assignment is not valid for the "
+                       "boolean flag '",
+                       flag.Name(), "'"),
+          true);
+      return std::make_tuple(false, "");
+    }
+  } else if (is_negative) {
+    // "--noint_flag=1" case
+    flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+        absl::StrCat("Negative form is not valid for the flag '", flag.Name(),
+                     "'"),
+        true);
+    return std::make_tuple(false, "");
+  } else if (value.empty() && (!is_empty_value)) {
+    if (curr_list->Size() == 1) {
+      // "--int_flag" case
+      flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+          absl::StrCat("Missing the value for the flag '", flag.Name(), "'"),
+          true);
+      return std::make_tuple(false, "");
+    }
+
+    // "--int_flag" "10" case
+    curr_list->PopFront();
+    value = curr_list->Front();
+
+    // Heuristic to detect the case where someone treats a std::string arg
+    // like a bool or just forgets to pass a value:
+    // --my_string_var --foo=bar
+    // We look for a flag of std::string type, whose value begins with a
+    // dash and corresponds to known flag or standalone --.
+    if (value[0] == '-' && flag.IsOfType<std::string>()) {
+      auto maybe_flag_name = std::get<0>(SplitNameAndValue(value.substr(1)));
+
+      if (maybe_flag_name.empty() ||
+          std::get<0>(LocateFlag(maybe_flag_name)) != nullptr) {
+        // "--string_flag" "--known_flag" case
+        ABSL_INTERNAL_LOG(
+            WARNING,
+            absl::StrCat("Did you really mean to set flag '", flag.Name(),
+                         "' to the value '", value, "'?"));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return std::make_tuple(true, value);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+bool CanIgnoreUndefinedFlag(absl::string_view flag_name) {
+  auto undefok = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_undefok);
+  if (std::find(undefok.begin(), undefok.end(), flag_name) != undefok.end()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::ConsumePrefix(&flag_name, "no") &&
+      std::find(undefok.begin(), undefok.end(), flag_name) != undefok.end()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+std::vector<char*> ParseCommandLineImpl(int argc, char* argv[],
+                                        ArgvListAction arg_list_act,
+                                        UsageFlagsAction usage_flag_act,
+                                        OnUndefinedFlag on_undef_flag) {
+  ABSL_INTERNAL_CHECK(argc > 0, "Missing argv[0]");
+
+  // This routine does not return anything since we abort on failure.
+  CheckDefaultValuesParsingRoundtrip();
+
+  std::vector<std::string> flagfile_value;
+
+  std::vector<ArgsList> input_args;
+  input_args.push_back(ArgsList(argc, argv));
+
+  std::vector<char*> output_args;
+  std::vector<char*> positional_args;
+  output_args.reserve(argc);
+
+  // This is the list of undefined flags. The element of the list is the pair
+  // consisting of boolean indicating if flag came from command line (vs from
+  // some flag file we've read) and flag name.
+  // TODO(rogeeff): Eliminate the first element in the pair after cleanup.
+  std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> undefined_flag_names;
+
+  // Set program invocation name if it is not set before.
+  if (ProgramInvocationName() == "UNKNOWN") {
+    flags_internal::SetProgramInvocationName(argv[0]);
+  }
+  output_args.push_back(argv[0]);
+
+  // Iterate through the list of the input arguments. First level are arguments
+  // originated from argc/argv. Following levels are arguments originated from
+  // recursive parsing of flagfile(s).
+  bool success = true;
+  while (!input_args.empty()) {
+    // 10. First we process the built-in generator flags.
+    success &= HandleGeneratorFlags(&input_args, &flagfile_value);
+
+    // 30. Select top-most (most recent) arguments list. If it is empty drop it
+    // and re-try.
+    ArgsList& curr_list = input_args.back();
+
+    curr_list.PopFront();
+
+    if (curr_list.Size() == 0) {
+      input_args.pop_back();
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // 40. Pick up the front remaining argument in the current list. If current
+    // stack of argument lists contains only one element - we are processing an
+    // argument from the original argv.
+    absl::string_view arg(curr_list.Front());
+    bool arg_from_argv = input_args.size() == 1;
+
+    // 50. If argument does not start with - or is just "-" - this is
+    // positional argument.
+    if (!absl::ConsumePrefix(&arg, "-") || arg.empty()) {
+      ABSL_INTERNAL_CHECK(arg_from_argv,
+                          "Flagfile cannot contain positional argument");
+
+      positional_args.push_back(argv[curr_list.FrontIndex()]);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (arg_from_argv && (arg_list_act == ArgvListAction::kKeepParsedArgs)) {
+      output_args.push_back(argv[curr_list.FrontIndex()]);
+    }
+
+    // 60. Split the current argument on '=' to figure out the argument
+    // name and value. If flag name is empty it means we've got "--". value
+    // can be empty either if there were no '=' in argument std::string at all or
+    // an argument looked like "--foo=". In a latter case is_empty_value is
+    // true.
+    absl::string_view flag_name;
+    absl::string_view value;
+    bool is_empty_value = false;
+
+    std::tie(flag_name, value, is_empty_value) = SplitNameAndValue(arg);
+
+    // 70. "--" alone means what it does for GNU: stop flags parsing. We do
+    // not support positional arguments in flagfiles, so we just drop them.
+    if (flag_name.empty()) {
+      ABSL_INTERNAL_CHECK(arg_from_argv,
+                          "Flagfile cannot contain positional argument");
+
+      curr_list.PopFront();
+      break;
+    }
+
+    // 80. Locate the flag based on flag name. Handle both --foo and --nofoo
+    CommandLineFlag* flag = nullptr;
+    bool is_negative = false;
+    std::tie(flag, is_negative) = LocateFlag(flag_name);
+
+    if (flag == nullptr) {
+      if (on_undef_flag != OnUndefinedFlag::kIgnoreUndefined) {
+        undefined_flag_names.emplace_back(arg_from_argv,
+                                          std::string(flag_name));
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // 90. Deduce flag's value (from this or next argument)
+    auto curr_index = curr_list.FrontIndex();
+    bool value_success = true;
+    std::tie(value_success, value) =
+        DeduceFlagValue(*flag, value, is_negative, is_empty_value, &curr_list);
+    success &= value_success;
+
+    // If above call consumed an argument, it was a standalone value
+    if (arg_from_argv && (arg_list_act == ArgvListAction::kKeepParsedArgs) &&
+        (curr_index != curr_list.FrontIndex())) {
+      output_args.push_back(argv[curr_list.FrontIndex()]);
+    }
+
+    // 100. Set the located flag to a new new value, unless it is retired.
+    // Setting retired flag fails, but we ignoring it here.
+    if (flag->IsRetired()) continue;
+
+    std::string error;
+    if (!flag->SetFromString(value, SET_FLAGS_VALUE, kCommandLine, &error)) {
+      flags_internal::ReportUsageError(error, true);
+      success = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const auto& flag_name : undefined_flag_names) {
+    if (CanIgnoreUndefinedFlag(flag_name.second)) continue;
+
+    flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+        absl::StrCat("Unknown command line flag '", flag_name.second, "'"),
+        true);
+
+    success = false;
+  }
+
+#if ABSL_FLAGS_STRIP_NAMES
+  if (!success) {
+    flags_internal::ReportUsageError(
+        "NOTE: command line flags are disabled in this build", true);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  if (!success) {
+    flags_internal::HandleUsageFlags(std::cout,
+                                     ProgramUsageMessage());
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (usage_flag_act == UsageFlagsAction::kHandleUsage) {
+    int exit_code = flags_internal::HandleUsageFlags(
+        std::cout, ProgramUsageMessage());
+
+    if (exit_code != -1) {
+      std::exit(exit_code);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ResetGeneratorFlags(flagfile_value);
+
+  // Reinstate positional args which were intermixed with flags in the arguments
+  // list.
+  for (auto arg : positional_args) {
+    output_args.push_back(arg);
+  }
+
+  // All the remaining arguments are positional.
+  if (!input_args.empty()) {
+    for (int arg_index = input_args.back().FrontIndex(); arg_index < argc;
+         ++arg_index) {
+      output_args.push_back(argv[arg_index]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return output_args;
+}
+
+}  // namespace flags_internal
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+std::vector<char*> ParseCommandLine(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  return flags_internal::ParseCommandLineImpl(
+      argc, argv, flags_internal::ArgvListAction::kRemoveParsedArgs,
+      flags_internal::UsageFlagsAction::kHandleUsage,
+      flags_internal::OnUndefinedFlag::kAbortIfUndefined);
+}
+
+}  // namespace absl