Has anyone used Getopt::Auto? I'm keen to get it going but haven't been able to get my test code (taken from the man page) to run the way I think it should.

From the man page: 

"Getopt::Auto" is happy for you to use "long" ("--gnu-style"), "short"
("-oldstyle") or even "bare" command names, ("myprogram edit foo.txt",
CVS-style) on the condition that you are consistent. Additionally, if
you use bare or long style commands, then any short options passed
before a command name will be sent into %main::options. For instance,
given

  use Getopt::Auto (
    "edit" => "open a file for editing",
    "export" => "write out the data as an ASCII file"
  );

"yourprog -vt edit -x foo.txt" will perform the following:

  $main::options{v} = 1
  $main::options{t} = 1
  edit("-x", "foo.txt");

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My code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

#  Test bed for Getopt::Auto

use Getopt::Auto ( [
  "edit" => "open a file for editing",
  "export" => "write out the data as an ASCII file"
] );

our %options;

{
  print "Dump arguments!!\n";
  foreach ( keys %main::options ) {
    print "$_ : $main::options{$_}\n";
  }
}

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The result: 

[alex@foo dev]$ perl -w go.pl -vt edit -x foo.txt
Dump arguments!!
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at /usr/lib/perl5/site_
+perl/5.8.0/Getopt/Auto.pm line 140.
Can't use string ("") as a subroutine ref while "strict refs" in use a
+t /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Getopt/Auto.pm line 140.
END failed--call queue aborted.

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--t. alex
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