Re: [boost] [program_options] allowing unknown options (from third party libraries)

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-27 05:21:21

Hi Christophe,

> |      vector<string> to_pass_further = collect_arguments(parsed.option,
> |      include_positional);
>
> I think that's very convenient. A lot of libraries which get initialized
> with command line options take the usual (int argc, char** argv)
>
> for example., if I understand correctly,  with your changes we have
> int main(int argc,char** argv)
> {
>  // do the usual program_options stuff
>  // get further(unregistered) options to pass
>  unreg_argc= to_pass_further.size();
>  char** unreg_argv = transform_to_charstarstar( to_pass_further );

One should take care to pass argv[0] as well, as program_options just ignores 
it and it's not included in the result of "collect_arguments". Otherwise, 
yes, this should work.

- Volodya