[Boost-users] [program options] an alternative for "add_options()" avail?

Hi, I'm newbie to 'program options'. I just wanted to ask if there is an alternative for the below example from the online-doc: desc.add_options() ("help", "produce help message") ("compression", po::value<int>(), "set compression level") ; I would like to have something more traditional like the following single element addition alternative: desc.add_option("help", "produce help message"); desc.add_option("compression", po::value<int>(), "set compression level"); Is something like this already in the library? -- TIA Uenal