[MOAB-dev] Changing the options format in iMesh

[Tim Tautges]

On 11/15/2010 12:18 PM, Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
> 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?)
>>
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> MOAB already has its own syntax and I don't see any advantage to changing it.
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>> 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.

Wait, I thought with MOAB the starting delimiter was optional... and if they're two separate options, I'd expect 
"silent;foobar", no?

- tim

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>> 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
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