Options after '--' not being passed into nvim

[jtprince]

This invocation opens app.py and then the file -- as the next buffer (so, improperly interpreting -- as a filename), and so does not set the variable as expected (since it interpreted as filename):

nvim-gtk app.py -- -c "let silliness=11"
# note that the command `:echo silliness` fails
# since options not passed in and silliness not set

This invocation merely opens the file named --, which also seems to be incorrect behavior:

nvim-gtk -- -c "let silliness=11" app.py

This command works as expected with nvim:

nvim app.py -c "let silliness=11"
# can `:echo silliness` and get abk 

Technical information

• OS: Arch
• Neovim version: 0.3.1
• Neovim-Gtk build version: arch pkg suggests it is v0.1.1-3

[daa84]

looks like arch pkg is old, not sure, i try with current version and for me it works

[jtprince]

Works as expected when using the neovim-gtk-git package, which compiles from source. Thank you for checking this out.