Need a library to read configuration files on C++

[jucas_lo]

Hi!
I'm searching for a good stable and up-to-date library to read configuration and settings from a file (instead of using defines all over the place!)

I've found libconfig0 in the repositories but it is a C library and i'd like to use a real C++ library....

any help would be appreaciated!!!

thx!!

[nvteighen]

What are you trying to do, may I ask? Configuration files in UNIX/Unix-like systems are text files, so you should able to open them without hassle... Maybe this library has better parsing abilities, but I just don't see the need of such a library besides that (which could easily be replaced by using Perl... but that's another story).

Or am I missing the point?

[mihaiv]

Use glib GKeyFile. glib is written in C but you have a C++ wrapper for it (glibmm).

[kknd]

If your config is very simple, implemente your own parser.
Othrwise, I recommend you to use Lua, and then your configuration can be programmed =).

A sample configuration:

[config.lua]

general = {
name = "My name",
blabla = 10
}

optional = {
sadd = 90,
other = { a = 10, b = 20}
}

And etc.

[issih]

Be like me and pointlessly write an XML parser and validation engine... I have no idea why I did it, so don't ask, it seemed sensible at the time.

[jucas_lo]

Thanks for your reply mihaiv!!!

I finally used GKeyFile from gtkmm, I used it all day and it was exactly what i needed...

thanks!

ps. and dont worry issih that was my next step so you're not the only one ;-)

[tanderson]

I used a project involving xml and I used codesynthesis xsd compiler. I was really impressed!

[issih]

Using someone else's already developed library.... less of your sensible rational advice :)