Hmm, is it really a step backward?

The : 

perl heavylifter.pl --file thisfile --db thisdatabase

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calling syntax really makes sense in interactive mode (when callinf the program from the shell prompt), but if your program is always going to be called from another script, why not make it simpler? For example calling it with the first positional argument being the DB and then the other arguments a list of files (or possiblky the other way around, but this is a bit less clear in my mind).

Just my two cents.

Je suis Charlie.

In reply to Re: Calling a script from a script with GetOpt::Long arguments by Laurent_R
in thread Calling a script from a script with GetOpt::Long arguments by jjap

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