Re: [boost] [ANN] CLI 1.1.0 released

Subject: Re: [boost] [ANN] CLI 1.1.0 released
From: Boris Kolpackov (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-21 11:23:16

Hi James,

James Mansion <james_at_[hidden]> writes:
   
> Perhaps if you had an option to compile the .cli file to code that uses 
> the existing Boost command line interface support, then you would have 
> a better reception here?
>
> Personally I'm all for mini-languages, but if the compiler doesn't use 
> boost, and doesn't generate code that depends on boost, your post looks 
> a bit like spam

It doesn't make "design" sense to do this. Boost program_options' 
complexity comes from the need to have the specification in C++. On
the other hand, CLI generates really simple code because all the
information is available at compile time. In this situation adding
a dependency on program_options would be like putting text in a web
page just to get picked up by google. Now that I would call spamming.    

The reason I announced CLI on boost-dev is because I tried to use
program_options myself but wasn't really satisfied with the result.
So I went ahead and coded my own solution which, IMO and at least 
for some use-cases, is more convenient than program_options. I thought
it would be only fair to let others know about it. I don't think
boost developers/users would want to force others to use "their
solution" over a better alternative. Or would they ;-)?

Boris
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