id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
4437,Comment character in Configuration file parser incompatible with property_tree and Windows INI Files,usa@…,Vladimir Prus,"Hello! [[BR]]
As documented the comment character used when parsing configuration files with parse_config_file is '#'.[[BR]]
This is incompatible with Boost.PropertyTree and with Windows ini Files. Both use ';' as the comment character.[[BR]]
See boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724348%28VS.85%29.aspx
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It would be nice to add an new option to parse_config_file which adds the commentcharacter to use. It can default to '#' which prevents existing code from breaking but allows to use windows inifiles by specifying ';'.[[BR]]
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Best regards[[BR]]
Sönke Schau",Feature Requests,closed,Boost 1.44.0,program_options,Boost 1.43.0,Problem,wontfix,,