Hello monks!

I'm working with Longops on a project, but given the sheer number of options in the code I'm writing, I've managed to get myself confused. Seen in the snippet below is a sample of "options", each one acting a little different.

'add-domain|ad=s',    # Add a domain. -n and -t are optional   -ad 'do
+main.com' -n 'Note like this' -t

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This action can either be called with "-ad", "-ad -n", or "-ad -n -t", or "-ad -t" (each one obviously having a value). "-ad" is the actual action, -t and -n are supplementary to -ad.

'show-domains|sd',    # Show all domains and their IDs         -sd

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The above action can only be called with "-sd". It takes no value (its a bool)

My question, and I guess my confusion, too is in the best way to go about getting parameters, sanitizing them, and validating their ability to go together. There are a total of about 30 different (and unique) options, some taking a value, some that are just bools.

Currently, I'm using a hash via GetOptions (\%options, and am just looking for values.

Cheers!

Libby

In reply to Getopt::Long via. Hashes by librarat

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