Getopt::Attribute - Attribute wrapper for Getopt::Long
version 2.101700
use Getopt::Attribute; our $verbose : Getopt(verbose!); our $all : Getopt(all); our $size : Getopt(size=s); our $more : Getopt(more+); our @library : Getopt(library=s); our %defines : Getopt(define=s); sub quiet : Getopt(quiet) { our $quiet_msg = 'seen quiet' } usage() if our $man : Getopt(man); # Meanwhile, on some command line: # # mypgm.pl --noverbose --all --size=23 --more --more --more --quiet # --library lib/stdlib --library lib/extlib # --define os=linux --define vendor=redhat --man -- foo
Note: This version of the module works works with perl 5.8.0. If you need it to work with perl 5.6.x, please use an earlier version from CPAN.
This module provides an attribute wrapper around Getopt::Long. Instead of declaring the options in a hash with references to the variables and subroutines affected by the options, you can use the Getopt attribute on the variables and subroutines directly.
Getopt::Long
Getopt
As you can see from the Synopsis, the attribute takes an argument of the same format as you would give as the hash key for Getopt::Long. See the Getopt::Long manpage for details.
Note that since attributes are processed during CHECK, but assignments on newly declared variables are processed during run-time, you can't set defaults on those variables beforehand, like this:
our $verbose : Getopt(verbose!) = 1; # DOES NOT WORK
Instead, you have to establish defaults afterwards, like so:
our $verbose : Getopt(verbose!); $verbose ||= 1;
Alternatively, you can specify a default value within the Getopt attribute:
our $def2 : Getopt(def2=i 42);
To check whether there was an error during getopt processing you can use the error() function:
getopt
error()
pod2usage(-verbose => 2, -exitval => 0) if Getopt::Attribute->error;
FIXME
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No bugs have been reported.
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The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ to find a CPAN site near you, or see http://search.cpan.org/dist/Getopt-Attribute/.
The development version lives at http://github.com/hanekomu/Getopt-Attribute/. Instead of sending patches, please fork this project using the standard git and github infrastructure.
Marcel Gruenauer <marcel@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2001 by Marcel Gruenauer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Getopt::Attribute, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Getopt::Attribute
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Getopt::Attribute
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.