Re: [Boost-users] positional arguments in boost::program_options

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] positional arguments in boost::program_options
From: Evan Driscoll (driscoll_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-15 18:28:26

On 06/13/2012 05:23 PM, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> Actually, playing around more, it's not even acceptable: something like
>
> my_wrapper target_program --help
>
> will trigger my wrapper's --help option. And I definitely *do* want that
> and perhaps some other options that could potentially conflict.
>
>
> Is there a way to get the behavior I want with Boost or am I out of luck?

After figuring out that a couple other C++ CLI-parsing libraries didn't 
do what I want either, I patched Boost and filed a feature request. Both 
can be found here:

   https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6991

Evan