--args doesn't work, even though listed in the --help for ddd

I'm using DDD 3.3.11

--args doesn't work, even though listed in the --help for ddd:
        --args             Arguments after executable-file are passed to
inferior

gdb even goes as far as to provide an example for --args:
        gdb [options] --args executable-file [inferior-arguments ...]

why can't ddd match this behavior?
I would expect --args to pass arguments to the executable, just like it does
with gdb.

command line:

    ddd --args  myapp  -d myargs

Based on the --help for ddd, I would expect "-d myargs" to pass through to
myapp when "run" is invoked in the ddd debugger.
however they are not.

gdb does accept these arguments...


it's a pain to specify arguments through the menu every time I want to run,
which could be several 10's of times a day...
allowing a command line for it reduces the operation to a single keystroke
(hitting enter), as opposed to several mouseclicks and mouse navigation and
possibly typing just to set the args...

a session file is nice and a step towards this.  but still not good
enough.
as I often want to change my command line args several times and setting up
a new session is a pain... compared to command line usage.
not to mention having session files clutters up the directories.

use case: a codebase with 50 or so executables each with many different
argument combinations...


- kevin

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