RE: [boost] [program_options] post-review version

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-24 02:36:36

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> The first post-review version of the program_options library 
> is now available. 
> I believe that all important interface changes are finished 
> and would like to ask for feedback on the current version, 
> before I go on. 
> 
> Some of the interesting changes include:
> 
>    - better way to describe option values
>    - support for positional options
>    - support for environment variables
> 
> The library and documentation can be obtained at 
> 
>     http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/program_options 
> 
> The documentation can also be browsed online at 
> 
>     http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/program_options/html
> 
> And the source can also be browsed online at 
> 
>     http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/repos/trunk/program_options
> 
> Since the interface has changes quite a bit, the brief list 
> of changes is included in docs, to help with migration. See
> 
>     http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/program_options/html/ch01s04.html
>     
> All comments are very appreciated.

Is there something like a package version, which may be used to decide,
which program_options library version actually is used? This would be very
important, because there were some interface breaking changes and existing
code, which relies on the po lib has to be adjusted accordingly.

Regards Hartmut