diff -urp flex-2.5.33/scanopt.c flex-2.5.33-pm/scanopt.c
--- flex-2.5.33/scanopt.c	2002-08-29 22:30:25.000000000 +0200
+++ flex-2.5.33-pm/scanopt.c	2007-05-11 17:03:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -789,12 +789,12 @@ int     scanopt (svoid, arg, optindex)
 		}
 
 		optarg = pstart + 1;
-		arglen = 0;
-		while (optarg[arglen])
-			arglen++;
-
-		if (arglen == 0)
+		if (!*optarg) {
 			optarg = NULL;
+			arglen = 0;
+		}
+		else
+			arglen = strlen (optarg);
 	}
 
 	/* At this point, we have a long or short option matched at opt_offset into
@@ -812,13 +812,10 @@ int     scanopt (svoid, arg, optindex)
 
 	/* case: no args allowed */
 	if (auxp->flags & ARG_NONE) {
-		if (optarg) {
-			scanopt_err (s, opt_offset, is_short, errcode =
-				     SCANOPT_ERR_ARG_NOT_ALLOWED);
+		if (!optarg)
 			INC_INDEX (s, 1);
-			return errcode;
-		}
-		INC_INDEX (s, 1);
+		else
+			s->subscript++;
 		return optp->r_val;
 	}