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dws (341)
Monday April 07, 2003
06:27 PM
An Idiom I Like
Either this is a new idiom, or just one I've missed until now, but
use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;
GetOptions(
) or pod2usage({verbose => 1, exitval => 1});
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Switch a right-handed widget to the left.
% switchlr widget [--verbose]
=head1 ARGUMENTS
widget the widget to switch
=head1 OPTIONS
--verbose be verbose about it
is nifty. Really nifty.
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Something like that (Score:4, Informative)
Have you seen ybiC's tutorial [perlmonks.org] in the monastery? It's a similar idiom and some extensions.
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