Re: [Boost-users] Questions about using program_options

From: Vyacheslav E. Andrejev (mortituris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-23 03:49:28

Hello Chris,

CR> The first question I have is "what config file formats does it
CR> use/ want" ?  I'm still reading all of the docs, so this may become
CR> clear,  but.
The format is similar to windows INI files. I.e. key=value strings optionally 
grouped into sections. Also it may contain comments in lines that begin from 
#. Actual format is defined by the function common_config_file_iterator::get. 
If you provide your own implementation of basic_config_file_iterator you 
will be able to parse your own config file format.

CR> The next question is, since this is one of the non-header-only
CR> libraries, how hard would it be to pull segments out of the boost
CR> distribution to ship with my suite of programs and build it along-
CR> side?  Just to get the program_options component.
This is very easy. There is tool called bcp (acronym from boost copy), which 
you may use to copy only a single boost package. It automaticaly searches 
for all dependency and creates a working copy of several boost sub-libraries 
along with build files and documentation.

I personally don't like program_options.

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-- Vyacheslav Andrejev
-- System Architect, Optech International, Inc.