Philippe Vaucher wrote:
About the basic_ptree design:
- I think we'd add basic_ptree::parent(), that looks like an easy & obvious change to me. - I think we'd allow to set the default separator ('.') for the whole ptree (instead of only allowing it in .get() requests)
If people agree with those changes, I'll create another ticket on the trac.
Hi, I'm the PTree maintainer, and I know I'm not giving it nearly enough attention as it needs at this stage. I'll get around to it some day soon. As for your suggestions: parent() is a no-go, I think. I actually suggested it back when the library was first proposed for Boost. I can't remember exactly why the author shot it down, but it was a pretty convincing argument. I'll have to go dig in the archives. Setting the default separator is something I'll have to think about. That you can't supply a different separator for operations other than get() is definitely a bug. Sebastian