Re: [Boost-users] program_options requires non-const argv

From: Merrill Cornish (merrill.cornish_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-25 16:43:10

Steve,

I ran into the same problem.  Once I thought about it, I realized
I had _never_ seen a C or C++ main() function prototype defined
with a const second argument.

I think I remember that one of the traditional C getopt() function
variants actually munges the argument list by removing that
arguments it recognizes, leaving anything else for direct processing
by the program.

I'm guessing program_options is therefore tacitly assuming the 
second argument is non-const also.

Merrill