[boost] Re: CLA/Config file library opinion

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-29 04:59:51

> And one important point: there are only three unnamed parameters. There's
a
> bunch of other things that can be configured, and they all use *named*
> interface:
>
>    desc.add_options()
>        ("output", "file", "output file name").default_value("/tmp/abc")
>        ;

The question arize: Why do you prefer option description to defalt value,
optional and other modifiers (I still could not reveal the mystery of second
parameter, so couldn't comment here). I prefer treat them all same way.

Gennadiy.