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<li><a href="#mainpage-features">Features</a></li>
<li><a href="#mainpage-adding-lib">Adding toml++ to your project</a></li>
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<li><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-files">Parsing files</a></li>
<li><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-strings">Parsing strings and iostreams</a></li>
<li><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-without-exceptions">Parsing without using exceptions</a></li>
<li><a href="#mainpage-example-custom-error-formatting">Custom error formatting</a></li>
<li><a href="#mainpage-example-manipulations">Working with TOML data</a></li>
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<section id="mainpage-features"><h2><a href="#mainpage-features">Features</a></h2><ul><li>Header-only</li><li>Supports the latest <a href="https://toml.io/">TOML</a> release (<a href="https://toml.io/en/v1.0.0-rc.1">v1.0.0-rc.1</a>), plus optional support for some unreleased TOML features</li><li>C++17 (plus some C++20 features where available, e.g. experimental support for <a class="m-doc tpp-injected tpp-external" href="https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/types" target="_blank">char8_t</a> strings)</li><li>Proper UTF-8 handling (incl. BOM)</li><li>Works with or without exceptions</li><li>Doesn't require RTTI</li><li>First-class support for serializing to JSON</li><li>Tested on Clang (7+), GCC (7+) and MSVC (VS2019)</li><li>Tested on x64, x86 and ARM</li></ul></section><section id="mainpage-adding-lib"><h2><a href="#mainpage-adding-lib">Adding toml++ to your project</a></h2><p>It's header-only library so really all you have to do is clone <a href="https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/">the repository</a> from GitHub and set your include paths. There's some minor configuration you can do to customize some basic library functionality, but it's totally optional.</p><aside class="m-note m-default"><h4>See also</h4><p><a class="m-doc" href="group__configuration.html">Library Configuration</a></p></aside></section><section id="mainpage-api-documentation"><h2><a href="#mainpage-api-documentation">API documentation</a></h2><p>You're looking at it! Browse the docs using the links at the top of the page. You can search from anywhere by pressing the TAB key.</p></section><section id="mainpage-example"><h2><a href="#mainpage-example">Basic examples</a></h2><section id="mainpage-example-parsing-files"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-files">Parsing files</a></h3><p>Call <a class="m-doc" href="namespacetoml.html#a3ed2791fdc270afa33bc0cb1a902c7df">toml::<wbr/>parse_file()</a> and work with the <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1table.html">toml::<wbr/>table</a> you get back, or handle any <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1parse__error.html">toml::<wbr/>parse_error</a> that gets thrown:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;iostream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;fstream&gt; //required for parse_file()</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml++/toml.h&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="ut">int</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">table</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">try</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"configuration.toml"</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">catch</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">parse_error</span><span class="o">&amp;</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cerr</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"Parsing failed:</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">err</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="n">do_stuff_with_your_config</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre><div class="m-note m-warning"><h4>Don't forget <code>#include &lt;fstream&gt;</code>!</h4><p>Not everyone who uses the library is going to work directly from files, so not everybody is forced to pay the compilation overhead of including <code>&lt;fstream&gt;</code>. You need to explicitly include it if you're going to be calling <a class="m-doc" href="namespacetoml.html#a3ed2791fdc270afa33bc0cb1a902c7df">toml::<wbr/>parse_file()</a>.</p></div></section><section id="mainpage-example-parsing-strings"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-strings">Parsing strings and iostreams</a></h3><p>Call <a class="m-doc" href="namespacetoml.html#ada8654fb4ceef15c20fc1d5e0cc734dd">toml::<wbr/>parse()</a> and work with the <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1table.html">toml::<wbr/>table</a> you get back, or handle any <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1parse__error.html">toml::<wbr/>parse_error</a> that gets thrown:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;iostream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;sstream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml++/toml.h&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="k">using</span> <span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">string_view_literals</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ut">int</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">static</span> <span class="k">constexpr</span> <span class="ns">std::</span><span class="ut">string_view</span> <span class="n">some_toml</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="sa">R</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="dl">(</span><span class="s"></span>
<span class="s"> [library]</span>
<span class="s"> name = "toml++"</span>
<span class="s"> authors = ["Mark Gillard &lt;mark.gillard@outlook.com.au&gt;"]</span>
<span class="s"> cpp = 17</span>
<span class="s"> </span><span class="dl">)</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="sa">sv</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">try</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="c1">// parse directly from a string view:</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">some_toml</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// parse from a string stream:</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="ut">stringstream</span> <span class="n">ss</span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ns">std::</span><span class="ut">string</span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">some_toml</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">};</span>
<span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ss</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">catch</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">parse_error</span><span class="o">&amp;</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cerr</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"Parsing failed:</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">err</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre><pre class="m-console"><span class="go">[library]</span>
<span class="go">authors = ["Mark Gillard &lt;mark.gillard@outlook.com.au&gt;"]</span>
<span class="go">cpp = 17</span>
<span class="go">name = "toml++"</span>
<span class="go">... twice</span></pre></section><section id="mainpage-example-parsing-without-exceptions"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-parsing-without-exceptions">Parsing without using exceptions</a></h3><p>Can't (or won't) use exceptions? That's fine too. You can disable exceptions in your compiler flags and/or explicitly disable the library's use of them by setting the option <a class="m-doc" href="group__configuration.html#ga93097ecd88ca4bca393f60a78bda643b">TOML_<wbr/>EXCEPTIONS</a> to <code>0</code>. In either case, the parsing functions return a <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1parse__result.html">toml::<wbr/>parse_result</a> instead of a <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1table.html">toml::<wbr/>table</a>:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;iostream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;fstream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#define TOML_EXCEPTIONS 0 </span><span class="c1">// only necessary if you've left them enabled in your compiler</span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml++/toml.h&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="ut">int</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">parse_result</span> <span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"configuration.toml"</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cerr</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"Parsing failed:</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">result</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="n">do_stuff_with_your_config</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">//toml::parse_result is convertible to toml::table</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre></section><section id="mainpage-example-custom-error-formatting"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-custom-error-formatting">Custom error formatting</a></h3><p>The examples above use an overloaded <code>operator&lt;&lt;</code> with ostreams to print basic error messages, and look like this:</p><pre class="m-console"><span class="go">Encountered unexpected character while parsing boolean; expected 'true', saw 'trU'</span>
<span class="go"> (error occurred at line 1, column 13)</span></pre><p>In order to keep the library as small as possible I haven't bent over backwards to support things like custom colouring of the text in TTY environments, et cetera. That being said, the library provides the requisite information for you to build these yourself if necessary via <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1parse__error.html">toml::<wbr/>parse_error</a>'s source() and description() members:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">table</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">try</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"configuration.toml"</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">catch</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">parse_error</span><span class="o">&amp;</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cerr</span>
<span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"Error parsing file '"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">err</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">source</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="n">path</span>
<span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"':</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s"> ("</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">source</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="n">begin</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">")</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre><aside class="m-note m-default"><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1parse__error.html">toml::<wbr/>parse_error</a><br/></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="structtoml_1_1source__region.html">toml::<wbr/>source_region</a><br/></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="structtoml_1_1source__position.html">toml::<wbr/>source_position</a></li></ul></aside></section><section id="mainpage-example-manipulations"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-manipulations">Working with TOML data</a></h3><p>A TOML document is a tree of values, arrays and tables, represented as the <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1value.html">toml::<wbr/>value</a>, <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1array.html">toml::<wbr/>array</a> and <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1table.html">toml::<wbr/>table</a>, respectively. All three inherit from <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1node.html">toml::<wbr/>node</a>, and can be easily accessed via the <a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1node__view.html">toml::<wbr/>node_view</a>:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;iostream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml++/toml.h&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="k">using</span> <span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">string_view_literals</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ut">int</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">static</span> <span class="k">constexpr</span> <span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">source</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="sa">R</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="dl">(</span><span class="s"></span>
<span class="s"> numbers = [ 1, 2, 3, "four", 5.0 ]</span>
<span class="s"> vegetables = [ "tomato", "onion", "mushroom", "lettuce" ]</span>
<span class="s"> minerals = [ "quartz", "iron", "copper", "diamond" ]</span>
<span class="s"> [animals]</span>
<span class="s"> cats = [ "tiger", "lion", "puma" ]</span>
<span class="s"> birds = [ "macaw", "pigeon", "canary" ]</span>
<span class="s"> fish = [ "salmon", "trout", "carp" ]</span>
<span class="s"> </span><span class="dl">)</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="sa">sv</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">source</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">// get a view of the element 'numbers'</span>
<span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">numbers</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">"numbers"</span><span class="p">];</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"table has 'numbers': "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="o">!!</span><span class="n">numbers</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"numbers is a: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">numbers</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"numbers: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">numbers</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// get the underlying array object to do some more advanced stuff</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">arr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">numbers</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">as_array</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">auto</span><span class="o">&amp;</span> <span class="nl">elem</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">arr</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="c1">// visitation helps deal with the polymorphic nature of TOML data</span>
<span class="n">elem</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">visit</span><span class="p">([](</span><span class="k">auto</span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="n">el</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">noexcept</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="k">constexpr</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">is_number</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="k">decltype</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">el</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">el</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="k">constexpr</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="n">is_string</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="k">decltype</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">el</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">el</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">"five"</span><span class="sa">sv</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">});</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// arrays are very similar to <a class="m-doc tpp-injected tpp-external" href="https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/vector" target="_blank">std::vector</a></span>
<span class="n">arr</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="n">arr</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="n">emplace_back</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">array</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">9</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"numbers: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">numbers</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// node-views can be chained to quickly query deeper</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"cats: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">"animals"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s">"cats"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"fish[1]: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">"animals"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s">"fish"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// ...even if the element doesn't exist</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"dinosaurs: "</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">"animals"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s">"dinosaurs"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c1">//no dinosaurs :(</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre><pre class="m-console"><span class="go">table has 'numbers': true</span>
<span class="go">numbers is an: array</span>
<span class="go">numbers: [1, 2, 3, "four", 5.0]</span>
<span class="go">numbers: [2, 3, 4, "five", 6.0, 7, [8, 9]]</span>
<span class="go">cats: ["tiger", "lion", "puma"]</span>
<span class="go">fish[1]: "trout"</span>
<span class="go">dinosaurs:</span></pre><aside class="m-note m-default"><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1node.html">toml::<wbr/>node</a></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1node__view.html">toml::<wbr/>node_view</a></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1value.html">toml::<wbr/>value</a></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1array.html">toml::<wbr/>array</a></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1table.html">toml::<wbr/>table</a></li></ul></aside></section><section id="mainpage-example-serialization"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-serialization">Serializing as TOML and JSON</a></h3><pre class="m-code"><span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;iostream&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml++/toml.h&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span>
<span class="ut">int</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">auto</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">table</span><span class="p">{{</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"lib"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"toml++"</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"cpp"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">array</span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="mi">17</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"and beyond"</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"toml"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">array</span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"1.0.0-rc.1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"and beyond"</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"repo"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/"</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"author"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">table</span><span class="p">{{</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"name"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"Mark Gillard"</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"github"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"https://github.com/marzer"</span> <span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"twitter"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"https://twitter.com/marzer8789"</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="p">},</span>
<span class="p">}};</span>
<span class="c1">// serializing as TOML is just writing it to a stream</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"###### TOML ######"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// serializing as JSON is _also_ just writing it to a stream, but via a json_formatter:</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"###### JSON ######"</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ns">std::</span><span class="n">cout</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ns">toml::</span><span class="ut">json_formatter</span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">tbl</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="s">"</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre><pre class="m-console"><span class="gp">#</span><span class="c1">##### TOML ######</span>
<span class="go">cpp = [17, 20, "and beyond"]</span>
<span class="go">lib = "toml++"</span>
<span class="go">repo = "https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/"</span>
<span class="go">toml = ["1.0.0-rc.1", "and beyond"]</span>
<span class="go">[author]</span>
<span class="go">github = "https://github.com/marzer"</span>
<span class="go">name = "Mark Gillard"</span>
<span class="go">twitter = "https://twitter.com/marzer8789"</span>
<span class="gp">#</span><span class="c1">##### JSON ######</span>
<span class="go">{</span>
<span class="go"> "author" : {</span>
<span class="go"> "github" : "https://github.com/marzer",</span>
<span class="go"> "name" : "Mark Gillard",</span>
<span class="go"> "twitter" : "https://twitter.com/marzer8789"</span>
<span class="go"> },</span>
<span class="go"> "cpp" : [</span>
<span class="go"> 17,</span>
<span class="go"> 20,</span>
<span class="go"> "and beyond"</span>
<span class="go"> ],</span>
<span class="go"> "lib" : "toml++",</span>
<span class="go"> "repo" : "https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/",</span>
<span class="go"> "toml" : [</span>
<span class="go"> "1.0.0-rc.1",</span>
<span class="go"> "and beyond"</span>
<span class="go"> ]</span>
<span class="go">}</span></pre><aside class="m-note m-default"><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1default__formatter.html">toml::<wbr/>default_formatter</a></li><li><a class="m-doc" href="classtoml_1_1json__formatter.html">toml::<wbr/>json_formatter</a></li></ul></aside></section><section id="mainpage-example-speed-up-compilation"><h3><a href="#mainpage-example-speed-up-compilation">Speeding up compilation</a></h3><p>Because toml++ is a header-only library of nontrivial size you might find that compilation times noticeably increase after you add it to your project, especially if you add the library's header somewhere that's visible from a large number of translation units. You can counter this by disabling 'all inline' mode and explicitly controlling where the library's implementation is compiled.</p><p><strong>Step 1: Set <a class="m-doc" href="group__configuration.html#ga997dc4b397795ca35126850cac05ec8e">TOML_<wbr/>ALL_<wbr/>INLINE</a> to <code>0</code> before including toml++</strong></p><p>This must be the same everywhere, so either set it as a global <code>#define</code> in your build system, or do it manually before including toml++ in some global header that's used everywhere in your project:</p><pre class="m-code"><span class="c1">// global_header_that_includes_toml++.h</span>
<span class="cp">#define TOML_ALL_INLINE 0</span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">&lt;toml.hpp&gt;</span><span class="cp"></span></pre><p><strong>Step 2: Define <code>TOML_IMPLEMENTATION</code> before including toml++ in one specific translation unit</strong></p><pre class="m-code"><span class="c1">// some_code_file.cpp</span>
<span class="cp">#define TOML_IMPLEMENTATION </span>
<span class="cp">#include</span> <span class="cpf">"global_header_that_includes_toml++.h"</span><span class="cp"></span></pre><p>Additionally, if all you need to do is serialize some code-generated TOML and don't actually need the parser at all, you can <code>#define TOML_PARSER 0</code>.</p><aside class="m-note m-default"><h4>See also</h4><p><a class="m-doc" href="group__configuration.html">Library Configuration</a></p></aside></section></section><section id="mainpage-contributing"><h2><a href="#mainpage-contributing">Contributing</a></h2><p>Contributions are very welcome! Either by <a href="https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/issues">reporting issues</a> or submitting pull requests. If you wish to submit a pull request, please see <a href="https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING</a> for all the details you need to get going.</p></section><section id="mainpage-license"><h2><a href="#mainpage-license">License</a></h2><p>toml++ is licensed under the terms of the MIT license - see <a href="https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/blob/master/LICENSE">LICENSE</a>.</p><p class="m-note m-default">If you're using the single-header version of the library you don't need to explicitly distribute the license file; it is embedded in the preamble at the top of the header.</p></section><section id="mainpage-contact"><h2><a href="#mainpage-contact">Contacting the author</a></h2><p>For bug reports and feature requests please consider using the <a href="https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/issues">GitHub issues</a> system. For anything else though you're welcome to reach out via other means. In order of likely response speed:</p><ul><li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/marzer8789">marzer8789</a></li><li>Email: <a href="mailto:mark.gillard@outlook.com.au">mark.gillard@outlook.com.au</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marzer">marzer</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marzer/">marzer</a></li></ul></section>
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