Re: [boost] program options - how to extend

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-05 09:20:51

Neal D. Becker wrote:
> I'm trying to learn to use program options, posted here by Vladimir Prus.
>
> I was trying to use the variables map, and I wanted a "double" variable. 
> It seems validator is specialized for float, but not double.
[...]
> But check_first_occurence and get_single_string are in an anonymous
> namespace, and are not accessible.
>
> Is there a workaround?  Should these functions be moved to a different
> namespace to make extension more convenient?

Neal,

I've just moved those function to boost::program_options::validators
namespace. The new version is available from

  http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/program_options

and also from 

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/

- Volodya