I downloaded Getopt::Declare and ran the script. Here is what I get: 
c:> perl demo_csv

UNIVERSAL->import is deprecated and will be removed in a future perl a
+t C:/Perl5-12-2/site/lib/Getopt/Declare.pm line 5
Unknown entry format: [absmith,1234567,20]
Unknown entry format: ["aesmith, the other one",7635656,DNS]
Unknown entry format: [cat,dog,22.2]
Unknown entry format: [7637843,dejones,66.7]
Unknown entry format: [rmwilliams,288721,88]
Unknown entry format: [help me,I'm trapped,in the marks system]
Unknown entry format: [vtthan,872829,94]

c:> perl -v

This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 2 (v5.12.2) built for MSWin32-x
+86-multi-thread

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It is not clear to me what the script should do, but that output looks bad. I recommend that you reduce the code to the minimal amount and explain what you think it should do. I have no experience with the module, and the POD is quite long. Update: see also the module review.

In reply to Re: Getopt::Declare's demo_csv by toolic
in thread Getopt::Declare's demo_csv by sg

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