.. _option-handling-cpp:

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C++ Option Handling
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For C++, we recommend the use of `Boost.Program_options <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/doc/html/program_options.html>`_.
A basic example of how to use this library can be found in :download:`binary.cpp <example-projects/build-system-essentials-cpp/src/build-system-essentials/binary.cpp>` in the example project:

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