Re: [boost] [property_tree] include directive for non-info files

Subject: Re: [boost] [property_tree] include directive for non-info files
From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-07 07:21:40

On 29.09.2011 16:18, Ivan Le Lann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Boost.PropertyTree, INFO format has the nice #include directive.
> But it seems you cannot include other formats.
> Typically such INFO file,
>
> key
> {
> #include_xml "my.xml"
> }
>
> with "my.xml" :<root><child>kid</child></root>
>
> could give : get<std::string>  ("key.root.child") == "kid"
>
> A very quick look at info parser makes me think that
> it would be easy to implement. Any comment ?
>
This is a strange request. What is your use case?

I'm rather disinclined to implement it, since it would create 
cross-dependencies between the various parsers.

Sebastian