allow tilde expansion for section names in config file

src/common/rclconfig.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclconfig.cpp,v 1.10 2005-11-05 14:40:50 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclconfig.cpp,v 1.11 2005-11-17 12:47:03 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -80,6 +81,29 @@ RclConfig::RclConfig()
     return;
 }
 
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const std::string &name, int *ivp)
+{
+    string value;
+    if (!getConfParam(name, value))
+	return false;
+    errno = 0;
+    long lval = strtol(value.c_str(), 0, 0);
+    if (lval == 0 && errno)
+	return 0;
+    if (ivp)
+	*ivp = int(lval);
+    return true;
+}
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const std::string &name, bool *value)
+{
+    int ival;
+    if (!getConfParam(name, &ival))
+	return false;
+    if (*value)
+	*value = ival ? true : false;
+    return true;
+}
+
 static ConfSimple::WalkerCode mtypesWalker(void *l, 
 					   const char *nm, const char *value)
 {

src/common/rclconfig.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _RCLCONFIG_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _RCLCONFIG_H_INCLUDED_
-/* @(#$Id: rclconfig.h,v 1.6 2005-11-05 14:40:50 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
+/* @(#$Id: rclconfig.h,v 1.7 2005-11-17 12:47:03 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
 
 #include <list>
 
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ class RclConfig {
 	    return false;
 	return conf->get(name, value, keydir);
     }
+
+    /* 
+     * Variants with autoconversion
+     */
+    bool getConfParam(const std::string &name, int *value);
+    bool getConfParam(const std::string &name, bool *value);
+
     /// Set current directory reference, and fetch automatic parameters.
     void setKeyDir(const string &dir) 
     {