[boost] [Property Tree] registry parser bug

27 Jun 2007

      boost::property_tree::read_registry does not handle registry keys that contain periods correctly.

Example: When I run the following code

     boost::property_tree::ptree pt;
     string key = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32";
     boost::property_tree::read_registry(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, key, pt);
     boost::property_tree::write_xml("Drivers32.xml", pt);

I get the output below.
But there is no registry key "msacm".
There are registry keys "msacm.imaadpcm", "msacm.msadpcm" etc.

--Johan Råde

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
...
<\values>
     ...
     <msacm>
         <imaadpcm>imaadp32.acm</imaadpcm>
         <msadpcm>msadp32.acm</msadpcm>
         <msg711>msg711.acm</msg711>
         <msgsm610>msgsm32.acm</msgsm610>
         <trspch>tssoft32.acm</trspch>
         <msg723>msg723.acm</msg723>
         <msaudio1>msaud32.acm</msaudio1>
         <sl_anet>sl_anet.acm</sl_anet>
         <iac2>C:\WINDOWS\system32\iac25_32.ax</iac2>
         <l3acm>C:\WINDOWS\system32\l3codeca.acm</l3acm>
     </msacm>
     ...
</\values>
<\types>
     ...
     <msacm>
         <imaadpcm>1</imaadpcm>
         <msadpcm>1</msadpcm>
         <msg711>1</msg711>
         <msgsm610>1</msgsm610>
         <trspch>1</trspch>
         <msg723>1</msg723>
         <msaudio1>1</msaudio1>
         <sl_anet>1</sl_anet>
         <iac2>1</iac2>
         <l3acm>1</l3acm>
     </msacm>
     ....
</\types>