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p5-Getopt-Long-Descriptive-0.117

Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful

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Description

Getopt::Long::Descriptive is yet another Getopt library. It's built atop Getopt::Long, and gets a lot of its features, but tries to avoid making you think about its huge array of options. It also provides usage (help) messages, data validation, and a few other useful features.

Package information

Ports path
devel/p5-Getopt-Long-Descriptive
Package architecture
*
Maintainer
Andrew Hewus Fresh <afresh1@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel, perl5
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