Short options in docopt not returning correct values

[khoopes]

I am trying to use short options in docopt like this:

Usage:
    someCMD [-a] [-b] [-c <cVar>] [-d <dVar>] 

Options:
    -h, --help  Show this screen
    -a      Show a stuff
    -b      Show b stuff
    -c <cVar>   c stuff with var [default: thing1]
    -d <dVar>   d stuff with var [default: thing2]

But that is not giving the anticipated result. For example someCMD -c anything puts the value under the dVar key in the resulting json. someCMD -c anything -d anythingelse doesnt work at all. someCMD -d anythingelse does put the value under dVar but cVar is set to someCMD instead of its default value.

Here is a link to try it yourself using the docopt online tool.

What am I missing?

[bittner]

Looks like docopt evaluates the <cVar> as a positional argument when no -c is around. That feels like a bug.

Shouldn't also -c -d populate cVar and dVar with the specified default values? Instead they're set to null.