id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
12372,property_tree::get_optional without the template parameter,harris.pc@…,Sebastian Redl,"Is it possible to call

tree.get_optional<Data>(path)
without the <Data> ?
Note that Data is the type of the tree's Data.

Would also be nice to be able to get the data as a pointer so that data can be updated in-place instead of get/push.

Like this, implemented as a free function (for the non-const variant):

Data * get_dataptr_optional( Tree & tree, string const& path )
{
   if (optional<Tree &> node = tree.get_child_optional(path))
      return &node->data();
   return NULL;
}

cheers,
Paul
",Feature Requests,new,To Be Determined,property_tree,Boost 1.61.0,Optimization,,,