Oops, allocate memory for arguments, don't set them to ""
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go index 0cad6cf..353f448 100644 --- a/flag.go +++ b/flag.go
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ // The return value will be ErrHelp if -help was set but not defined. func (f *FlagSet) Parse(arguments []string) error { f.parsed = true - f.args = make([]string, len(arguments)) + f.args = make([]string, 0, len(arguments)) err := f.parseArgs(arguments) if err != nil { switch f.errorHandling {