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fix: preserve whitespace in equals-form flag values - #2425

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fix: preserve whitespace in equals-form flag values#2425
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What type of PR is this?

bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

parseFlags trimmed the entire argument before extracting the value after =. Consequently, --text=" hello " became " hello" even with TrimSpace: false, while --text " hello " preserved the value.

Extract the value from the original argument, keeping flag-name classification unchanged. Each flag's value parser now controls trimming and validation.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Related to #2423, which inspired this investigation and fixed positional whitespace preservation, and #2169, which addressed string-slice trimming.

Testing

The regression tests fail in 25 cases with the original parser and all 60 cases pass with the fix. Coverage includes string, slice, and map flags; aliases; empty values; Unicode whitespace; embedded equals; and numeric/boolean validation.

Release Notes

Preserve whitespace in equals-form flag values, respecting each flag's trimming and validation rules. Numeric and boolean values with trailing whitespace now return parse
errors instead of being silently trimmed.

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BenYang12 requested a review from a team as a code owner September 7, 2026 00:06
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