[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4142: Option names should be constructible from strings

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4142: Option names should be constructible from strings
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-22 22:33:14

#4142: Option names should be constructible from strings
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 Reporter:  afoglia@…          |       Owner:  vladimir_prus  
     Type:  Feature Requests   |      Status:  new            
Milestone:  Boost 1.43.0       |   Component:  program_options
  Version:  Boost 1.42.0       |    Severity:  Cosmetic       
 Keywords:                     |  
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 The constructor and set_name methods of option_description take only const
 char pointers and not strings.  (Likewise for the
 option_description_easy_init operator().)

 Currently code such as the below fails to compile

 {{{
 std::string help="help";
 po::options_description desc("Allowed options");
 desc.add_options()
     (HELP, "produce help message");
 }}}

 We use strings for easy reuse them when checking the variable map of
 parsed options.

 This came up on the dev list last month, and Vladimir said he'd look into
 why overloads for strings didn't already
 exist.([http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2010/03/162646.php])  I
 assume you haven't had time, so here's a more persistent reminder.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4142>
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