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Reputation: 3087

C++ and command line options

Is it bad form to use the GNU getopt in C++ programs? Is there a C++ specific alternative, or should I still just use getopt?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 5705

Answers (7)

Sebastian
Sebastian

Reputation: 2964

I like TCLAP (http://tclap.sourceforge.net/) the Templatized C++ Command Line Parser Library.

Upvotes: 2

Denis Shevchenko
Denis Shevchenko

Reputation: 1448

Try CLPP library. It's simple and flexible library for command line parameters parsing. Header-only and cross-platform. Uses ISO C++ and Boost C++ libraries only. IMHO it is easier than Boost.Program_options.

Library: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clp-parser

26 October 2010 - new release 2.0rc. Many bugs fixed, full refactoring of the source code, documentation, examples and comments have been corrected.

Upvotes: 2

Duck
Duck

Reputation: 27552

There is nothing wrong with using getopt. There are a multitude of object oriented alternatives floating around including Boost.Program_options, and classes in POCO, and ACE.

Upvotes: 9

Mateen Ulhaq
Mateen Ulhaq

Reputation: 27201

Look at this: http://michael.dipperstein.com/optlist/index.html

Upvotes: 2

greg
greg

Reputation: 4953

Not at all, getopt is perfectly fine in C++. The Boost::program_options require that the Boost library be installed, which many may not have.

Upvotes: 3

Fred Larson
Fred Larson

Reputation: 62073

I don't know that there's anything wrong with using getopt. But you might want to look at Boost.Program_options.

Upvotes: 5

codaddict
codaddict

Reputation: 455030

In C++ you can also use boost::program_options.

Upvotes: 5

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