Option and configuration processing made easy
By JJ Allen from Birmingham.pm, MiltonKeynes.pm
Date: Saturday, 1 December 2007 15:15
Duration: 15 minutes
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Tags: perl programming techniques
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Many useful programs take arguments and configuration options. It's easy to add one or two, but as your program gains more features, the difficulty of allowing configuration concisely and intelligently also grows.
This talk demonstrates how to unify argument and configuration processing in a way that keeps your code readable and concise, and also simplifies the interface for end-users.