[MOAB-dev] Changing the options format in iMesh

[Jason Kraftcheck]

On 11/15/2010 12:13 PM, James Porter wrote:
> In order to be compatible with the iMesh spec, we need to change the
> options format. Currently, it seems that MOAB uses the old iMesh-defined
> options syntax. Should we continue to support this syntax, or should
> MOAB use the new iMesh syntax? (Or maybe MOAB should have its own
> syntax?)
> 

MOAB already has its own syntax and I don't see any advantage to changing it.


> For reference, the new way is "impl1:opt1 impl2:opt2", e.g. "moab:silent
> moab:foobar". If MOAB got its own syntax instead of just doing this, I'd
> expect the options to look like "silent foobar" by the time it got to
> MOAB.

That should actually be "; silent foobar" when passed to MOAB.

> Options for other implementations would be stripped at the iMesh
> level.

This seems like the obvious place to do so, as there are many iMesh
implementations but only one MOAB implementation.  An implementation prefix
at the MOAB level wouldn't make sense.

- jason