Re^2: 'switch' and 'smartmatch' features deprecated in 5.38

The Dynamic Duo --or-- Holy Getopt::Long, Pod::UsageMan! (the post is old enough to drink alcohol even in the USA)
Use Getopt::Long even if you don't think you need to (not as old, but nearing "age of consent")

So, it looks like you're preaching to the choir. OTOH, I must admit that I'm in that part of the choir that needs to practice more ;-)

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Re^3: 'switch' and 'smartmatch' features deprecated in 5.38 by NERDVANA (Priest) on Jun 27, 2023 at 20:14 UTC
Well, not exactly preaching to the choir if ibm1620 wasn't using Getopt::Long and ikegami didn't mention Pod::Usage. But, I know I'm not the first to suggest it of course. Then, there's the other faction who insist that MooseX::(something) should be used to automatically generate the commandline options. I've experimented with those and found them lacking, because command lines are inherently a thing meant to be human-friendly and I always seem to want to add some special case that the MooX::... and MooseX::... modules can't support. Getopt::Long has always given me the tools I needed to get that done. So, after lots of experimentation, I always come back to Getopt::Long and Pod::Usage. I basically consider the pair to be the only right way to start a perl script.	[reply]

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Re^3: 'switch' and 'smartmatch' features deprecated in 5.38
by NERDVANA (Priest) on Jun 27, 2023 at 20:14 UTC

Well, not exactly preaching to the choir if ibm1620 wasn't using Getopt::Long and ikegami didn't mention Pod::Usage. But, I know I'm not the first to suggest it of course.

Then, there's the other faction who insist that MooseX::(something) should be used to automatically generate the commandline options. I've experimented with those and found them lacking, because command lines are inherently a thing meant to be human-friendly and I always seem to want to add some special case that the MooX::... and MooseX::... modules can't support. Getopt::Long has always given me the tools I needed to get that done. So, after lots of experimentation, I always come back to Getopt::Long and Pod::Usage. I basically consider the pair to be the only right way to start a perl script.

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