Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Program_options: Parsing arguments like "+a" possible?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Program_options: Parsing arguments like "+a" possible?
From: boost_mailinglist_at_[hidden]
Date: 2011-08-08 07:36:33

Hey,

do you think to create  a own parser based on boost.qi is the best solution?

Thanks

Am 08.08.2011 13:15, schrieb Diederick C. Niehorster:
> You'll have to read through the source code (which isn't straight
> forward). There will be a parser somewhere (maybe its easiest to find
> the right file by putting a breakpoint before a call to
> program_options and stepping through till you're in the parser. Once
> there, the change is probably pretty trivial. And if you can do it in
> a nice configurable way with a user exposed setting, the maintainers
> might accept a patch. Though I'm worried about how you are going to
> internally distinguish the + and - options...
>
> Best,
> Dee
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 19:10,<boost_mailinglist_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>>
>> Am 08.08.2011 12:52, schrieb Leo Cacciari:
>>> Il 08/08/2011 12:47 PM, boost_mailinglist_at_[hidden] ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> the app is grown up step by step and a other person has taken the
>>>> decission to use the "+" as a sign for an argument. (All the letters for
>>>> the - are used.)
>>>> My task is more or less to rewrite the old case() parser to a new one,
>>>> possible based on boost.program_options, to get a clear structure. At
>>>> the moment I'm not very interesting to change the argument style,
>>>> because all the example and more has also to be change to the new style.
>>>>
>>> Well then I believe you're out of luck. AFAIK and as is stated in the
>>> library documentation, start character for short options is - or / (the
>>> latter to conform to windows usage).
>>>
>> Is there a way to get the library "patched" and replace the / through +?
>> The app will only be used under linux.
>>
>> Thanks
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