Re: [boost] program_options: Why it throw ambiguous_option?

From: Peng Yu (pengyu.ut_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-24 20:37:29

Hi,

Actually, I'm only a boost user not a developer. The boost version
that I have is 1.33.1. Unfortunately, I can't install the newest cvs
version. Can you point to me if there is any workaround to solve this
problem?

Thanks,
Peng

On 1/24/07, Sohail Somani <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Well maybe as of a few days ago, but yes. Anyway, you should try to
> debug it.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
> > [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Peng Yu
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:45 AM
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [boost] program_options: Why it throw ambiguous_option?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are you talking about CVS described at
> > http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#CVS
> >
> > The boost in CVS should make the following code work, right?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peng
> >
> > On 1/24/07, Sohail Somani <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > This works for me in CVS.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] on behalf of Peng Yu
> > > Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 8:33 PM
> > > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > > Subject: [boost] program_options: Why it throw ambiguous_option?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I got the following error for the program list below. Where
> > > program_options considers "help" and "help_abc" as ambiguous?
> > >
> > > $ ./main --help
> > > terminate called after throwing an instance of
> > > 'boost::program_options::ambiguous_option'
> > >  what():  ambiguous option help
> > > Aborted
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Peng
> > >
> > >
> > > #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
> > > namespace po = boost::program_options;
> > >
> > > int main(int ac, char* av[])
> > > {
> > >  po::options_description desc("Allowed options");
> > >  desc.add_options()
> > >    ("help", "produce help message")
> > >    ("help_abc", po::value<int>(), "set compression level")
> > >    ;
> > >
> > >  po::variables_map vm;
> > >  po::store(po::parse_command_line(ac, av, desc), vm);
> > >  po::notify(vm);
> > >
> > >  return 0;
> > > }