Re: [boost] request for boost:::program_options ...

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-03 10:29:05

Asger Mangaard wrote:

>Hi,
>
>
>I need a way of storing/retrieving options for an application. However,
>although boost::program_options seemed an obvious choice, it doesn't seem
>able to store options - it merly reads them in.
>I also couldn't find any documention on how its cfg files should be
>formatted for use with po::parse_config_file.
>
>Could we please have a way of storing program options also?
>I couldn't find information on why this feature wasn't implemented in the
>rationale.
>
>Also, documentation on how streams should be formatted for use with
>po::parse_config_file is missing.
>  
>
It does allow options to be stored. See 
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/program_options/tutorial.html (in 
particular, section "Option Details").

Paul