[MOAB-dev] Changing the options format in iMesh

[James Porter]

Ok, the change has been committed. This fixes 30 tests in
iMesh_unitTest, bringing us to 82% success from 80% (there is some
strangeness in how iMesh_unitTest counts failures, so take this with a
grain of salt).

- Jim

On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 12:13 -0600, 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?)
> 
> 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. Options for other implementations would be stripped at the iMesh
> level.
> 
> - Jim