The fstream classes are notorious for their non-existent error handling.
This adds a C-style fILE * IO (fopen(), etc.) alternative interface, so
that if a user needs reliable error handling, they can use that, albeit
more inconvenient, but more robust approach.
Instead of static_cast calls that convert int to char, literals of type
char are now used directly with the value encoded via escape sequence.
The benefits are:
- code without static_cast is much more compact and expresses intent
better
- fixed value truncation warning on some compilers (e.g. C4309 on Visual
Studio 2017)
Taking this parameter by const reference forces us to copy it (because
we know we're going to store it). Taking it by r-value reference would
suggest that we _might_ take ownership over it and would also force the
user to make a copy if they wish to retain the original value.
Taking this parameter by value however clearly gives us ownership of its
content without forcing a copy if it's implicit conversion from
`const char*` or explicitly handed over to us by the user via std::move.
When adding this library as embedded library with private
"target link", e.g., only used inside private source files, the
library does not need to be installed when the main project gets
installed.
This adds an additional option `toml11_INSTALL` similar to the
test-build control switch in order to skip installing headers and
CMake config files if requested.
Avoids using
```cmake
add_subdirectory(path/to/toml11 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
```
which has further side-effects:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/add_subdirectory.html
current code mistakenly allows the following TOML file.
```toml
a.b = 42 # table "a" is defined here, implicitly
a = {c = 3.14} # table "a" is overwritten here
```
But we need to allow the following (structually similar) TOML file.
```toml
a.b = 42 # table "a" is defined here, implicitly
a.c = 3.14 # table "a" is merged with {c = 3.14}
```
To distinguish those, we check whether the current table is defined as
an inline table or via dotted key. If the table we are inserting is
defined via dotted key, we accept it and merge the table. If the table
being inserted is defined as an inline table, then we report an error.