[mlpack-svn] [MLPACK] #170: One-letter "shortcuts" for CLI options

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#170: One-letter "shortcuts" for CLI options
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  Reporter:  rcurtin                         |        Owner:  mamidon   
      Type:  defect                          |       Status:  new       
  Priority:  major                           |    Milestone:  MLPACK 1.0
 Component:  MLPACK                          |   Resolution:            
  Keywords:  cli one-letter shortcut option  |     Blocking:            
Blocked By:                                  |  
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Description changed by rcurtin:

Old description:

> Currently I have to do "--verbose" but I want to be able to just do "-v".
>
> In the code I currently do this (ignoring the module name, which will be
> gone soon):
>
> {{{
> PARAM_DOUBLE("option", "Does some stuff");
> }}}
>
> and I want to do this:
>
> {{{
> PARAM_DOUBLE("option", "Does some stuff", 'o');
> }}}
>
> so that I can specify --option as -o.  I bet boost::program_options has
> support for this, so we just need to find out the easiest way to exploit
> and wrap that functionality.

New description:

 Currently I have to do "--verbose" but I want to be able to just do "-v".

 In the code I currently do this (ignoring the module name, which will be
 gone soon -- see #168):

 {{{
 PARAM_DOUBLE("option", "Does some stuff");
 }}}

 and I want to do this:

 {{{
 PARAM_DOUBLE("option", "Does some stuff", 'o');
 }}}

 so that I can specify --option as -o.  I bet boost::program_options has
 support for this, so we just need to find out the easiest way to exploit
 and wrap that functionality.

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