Peter M. Groen / CLI11

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@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The major CLI parsers for C++ include: @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The major CLI parsers for C++ include:
36 * [Cxxopts]: C++11, single file, and nice CMake support, but requires regex, therefore GCC 4.8 (CentOS 7 default) does not work. Syntax closely based on Boost PO, so not ideal but familiar. 36 * [Cxxopts]: C++11, single file, and nice CMake support, but requires regex, therefore GCC 4.8 (CentOS 7 default) does not work. Syntax closely based on Boost PO, so not ideal but familiar.
37 * [DocOpt]: Completely different approach to program options in C++11, you write the docs and the interface is generated. Too fragile and specialized. 37 * [DocOpt]: Completely different approach to program options in C++11, you write the docs and the interface is generated. Too fragile and specialized.
38 * [GFlags]: The Google Commandline Flags library. Uses macros heavily, and is limited in scope, missing things like subcommands. It provides a simple syntax and supports config files/env vars. 38 * [GFlags]: The Google Commandline Flags library. Uses macros heavily, and is limited in scope, missing things like subcommands. It provides a simple syntax and supports config files/env vars.
  39 +* [GetOpt]: Very limited C solution with long, convoluted syntax. Does not support much of anything, like help generation. Always available on UNIX, though (but in different flavors).
39 40
40 So, this library was designed to provide a great syntax, good compiler compatibility, and minimal installation fuss. 41 So, this library was designed to provide a great syntax, good compiler compatibility, and minimal installation fuss.
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@@ -301,3 +302,5 @@ This will print help in blue, errors in red, and will reset before returning the @@ -301,3 +302,5 @@ This will print help in blue, errors in red, and will reset before returning the
301 [ROOT]: https://root.cern.ch 302 [ROOT]: https://root.cern.ch
302 [cltools-cmake]: https://github.com/CLIUtils/cmake 303 [cltools-cmake]: https://github.com/CLIUtils/cmake
303 [GFlags]: https://gflags.github.io/gflags 304 [GFlags]: https://gflags.github.io/gflags
  305 +[GetOpt]: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Getopt.html
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