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What changed

• Renamed local variables in Parser.processOption():
  • hasOption → optionIsRecognized
  • opt → optionToProcess
• Removed five comments that merely narrated the statements immediately below them.
• Removed the redundant // empty comment from the constructor.
• Added testParsedArgumentIsStoredOnOptionClone() to the shared parser test class.

Why

The selected comments illustrate the Comments code smell: they repeat
operations already expressed by the code rather than explaining intent,
constraints, or non-obvious decisions.

This refactoring replaces generic local names with descriptive ones and
removes redundant narrative comments, making Parser.processOption()
readable without those explanations. The redundant // empty constructor
comment is also removed.

Useful API documentation is preserved. Method signatures, operation order,
option cloning, and exception messages remain unchanged.

Tests and verification

The added characterization test verifies that:

• The parsed option is a different instance from the original option definition.
• The argument value is stored on the parsed option.
• The original option definition remains without values.

This test runs through the shared test class for BasicParser,
GnuParser, PosixParser, and DefaultParser.

The behavioral-change checklist item is left unchecked intentionally:
this is a behavior-preserving refactoring. The characterization test passes
both before and after the production changes rather than failing against
the original implementation.

Validation performed:

• Focused legacy-parser tests passed before and after the refactoring.
• Full test suite passed: 998 tests total, 61 skipped, 0 failures, 0 errors.
• The default Maven build (mvn) completed successfully.
• git diff --check passed.

Tests were executed using Maven in Docker with Java 17.

AI assistance disclosure

OpenAI GPT, accessed through OpenCode, assisted with repository selection,
implemented the refactoring and characterization test, and helped draft this
pull request description. I reviewed the changes and ran the build.

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