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1#! perl
2
3# Getopt::Long.pm -- Universal options parsing
4# Author          : Johan Vromans
5# Created On      : Tue Sep 11 15:00:12 1990
6# Last Modified By: Johan Vromans
7# Last Modified On: Sat May 27 12:11:39 2017
8# Update Count    : 1715
9# Status          : Released
10
11################ Module Preamble ################
12
13use 5.004;
14
15use strict;
16use warnings;
17
18package Getopt::Long;
19
20use vars qw($VERSION);
21$VERSION        =  2.50;
22# For testing versions only.
23use vars qw($VERSION_STRING);
24$VERSION_STRING = "2.50";
25
26use Exporter;
27use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
28@ISA = qw(Exporter);
29
30# Exported subroutines.
31sub GetOptions(@);		# always
32sub GetOptionsFromArray(@);	# on demand
33sub GetOptionsFromString(@);	# on demand
34sub Configure(@);		# on demand
35sub HelpMessage(@);		# on demand
36sub VersionMessage(@);		# in demand
37
38BEGIN {
39    # Init immediately so their contents can be used in the 'use vars' below.
40    @EXPORT    = qw(&GetOptions $REQUIRE_ORDER $PERMUTE $RETURN_IN_ORDER);
41    @EXPORT_OK = qw(&HelpMessage &VersionMessage &Configure
42		    &GetOptionsFromArray &GetOptionsFromString);
43}
44
45# User visible variables.
46use vars @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK;
47use vars qw($error $debug $major_version $minor_version);
48# Deprecated visible variables.
49use vars qw($autoabbrev $getopt_compat $ignorecase $bundling $order
50	    $passthrough);
51# Official invisible variables.
52use vars qw($genprefix $caller $gnu_compat $auto_help $auto_version $longprefix);
53
54# Really invisible variables.
55my $bundling_values;
56
57# Public subroutines.
58sub config(@);			# deprecated name
59
60# Private subroutines.
61sub ConfigDefaults();
62sub ParseOptionSpec($$);
63sub OptCtl($);
64sub FindOption($$$$$);
65sub ValidValue ($$$$$);
66
67################ Local Variables ################
68
69# $requested_version holds the version that was mentioned in the 'use'
70# or 'require', if any. It can be used to enable or disable specific
71# features.
72my $requested_version = 0;
73
74################ Resident subroutines ################
75
76sub ConfigDefaults() {
77    # Handle POSIX compliancy.
78    if ( defined $ENV{"POSIXLY_CORRECT"} ) {
79	$genprefix = "(--|-)";
80	$autoabbrev = 0;		# no automatic abbrev of options
81	$bundling = 0;			# no bundling of single letter switches
82	$getopt_compat = 0;		# disallow '+' to start options
83	$order = $REQUIRE_ORDER;
84    }
85    else {
86	$genprefix = "(--|-|\\+)";
87	$autoabbrev = 1;		# automatic abbrev of options
88	$bundling = 0;			# bundling off by default
89	$getopt_compat = 1;		# allow '+' to start options
90	$order = $PERMUTE;
91    }
92    # Other configurable settings.
93    $debug = 0;			# for debugging
94    $error = 0;			# error tally
95    $ignorecase = 1;		# ignore case when matching options
96    $passthrough = 0;		# leave unrecognized options alone
97    $gnu_compat = 0;		# require --opt=val if value is optional
98    $longprefix = "(--)";       # what does a long prefix look like
99    $bundling_values = 0;	# no bundling of values
100}
101
102# Override import.
103sub import {
104    my $pkg = shift;		# package
105    my @syms = ();		# symbols to import
106    my @config = ();		# configuration
107    my $dest = \@syms;		# symbols first
108    for ( @_ ) {
109	if ( $_ eq ':config' ) {
110	    $dest = \@config;	# config next
111	    next;
112	}
113	push(@$dest, $_);	# push
114    }
115    # Hide one level and call super.
116    local $Exporter::ExportLevel = 1;
117    push(@syms, qw(&GetOptions)) if @syms; # always export GetOptions
118    $requested_version = 0;
119    $pkg->SUPER::import(@syms);
120    # And configure.
121    Configure(@config) if @config;
122}
123
124################ Initialization ################
125
126# Values for $order. See GNU getopt.c for details.
127($REQUIRE_ORDER, $PERMUTE, $RETURN_IN_ORDER) = (0..2);
128# Version major/minor numbers.
129($major_version, $minor_version) = $VERSION =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d+)/;
130
131ConfigDefaults();
132
133################ OO Interface ################
134
135package Getopt::Long::Parser;
136
137# Store a copy of the default configuration. Since ConfigDefaults has
138# just been called, what we get from Configure is the default.
139my $default_config = do {
140    Getopt::Long::Configure ()
141};
142
143sub new {
144    my $that = shift;
145    my $class = ref($that) || $that;
146    my %atts = @_;
147
148    # Register the callers package.
149    my $self = { caller_pkg => (caller)[0] };
150
151    bless ($self, $class);
152
153    # Process config attributes.
154    if ( defined $atts{config} ) {
155	my $save = Getopt::Long::Configure ($default_config, @{$atts{config}});
156	$self->{settings} = Getopt::Long::Configure ($save);
157	delete ($atts{config});
158    }
159    # Else use default config.
160    else {
161	$self->{settings} = $default_config;
162    }
163
164    if ( %atts ) {		# Oops
165	die(__PACKAGE__.": unhandled attributes: ".
166	    join(" ", sort(keys(%atts)))."\n");
167    }
168
169    $self;
170}
171
172sub configure {
173    my ($self) = shift;
174
175    # Restore settings, merge new settings in.
176    my $save = Getopt::Long::Configure ($self->{settings}, @_);
177
178    # Restore orig config and save the new config.
179    $self->{settings} = Getopt::Long::Configure ($save);
180}
181
182sub getoptions {
183    my ($self) = shift;
184
185    return $self->getoptionsfromarray(\@ARGV, @_);
186}
187
188sub getoptionsfromarray {
189    my ($self) = shift;
190
191    # Restore config settings.
192    my $save = Getopt::Long::Configure ($self->{settings});
193
194    # Call main routine.
195    my $ret = 0;
196    $Getopt::Long::caller = $self->{caller_pkg};
197
198    eval {
199	# Locally set exception handler to default, otherwise it will
200	# be called implicitly here, and again explicitly when we try
201	# to deliver the messages.
202	local ($SIG{__DIE__}) = 'DEFAULT';
203	$ret = Getopt::Long::GetOptionsFromArray (@_);
204    };
205
206    # Restore saved settings.
207    Getopt::Long::Configure ($save);
208
209    # Handle errors and return value.
210    die ($@) if $@;
211    return $ret;
212}
213
214package Getopt::Long;
215
216################ Back to Normal ################
217
218# Indices in option control info.
219# Note that ParseOptions uses the fields directly. Search for 'hard-wired'.
220use constant CTL_TYPE    => 0;
221#use constant   CTL_TYPE_FLAG   => '';
222#use constant   CTL_TYPE_NEG    => '!';
223#use constant   CTL_TYPE_INCR   => '+';
224#use constant   CTL_TYPE_INT    => 'i';
225#use constant   CTL_TYPE_INTINC => 'I';
226#use constant   CTL_TYPE_XINT   => 'o';
227#use constant   CTL_TYPE_FLOAT  => 'f';
228#use constant   CTL_TYPE_STRING => 's';
229
230use constant CTL_CNAME   => 1;
231
232use constant CTL_DEFAULT => 2;
233
234use constant CTL_DEST    => 3;
235 use constant   CTL_DEST_SCALAR => 0;
236 use constant   CTL_DEST_ARRAY  => 1;
237 use constant   CTL_DEST_HASH   => 2;
238 use constant   CTL_DEST_CODE   => 3;
239
240use constant CTL_AMIN    => 4;
241use constant CTL_AMAX    => 5;
242
243# FFU.
244#use constant CTL_RANGE   => ;
245#use constant CTL_REPEAT  => ;
246
247# Rather liberal patterns to match numbers.
248use constant PAT_INT   => "[-+]?_*[0-9][0-9_]*";
249use constant PAT_XINT  =>
250  "(?:".
251	  "[-+]?_*[1-9][0-9_]*".
252  "|".
253	  "0x_*[0-9a-f][0-9a-f_]*".
254  "|".
255	  "0b_*[01][01_]*".
256  "|".
257	  "0[0-7_]*".
258  ")";
259use constant PAT_FLOAT =>
260  "[-+]?".			# optional sign
261  "(?=[0-9.])".			# must start with digit or dec.point
262  "[0-9_]*".			# digits before the dec.point
263  "(\.[0-9_]+)?".		# optional fraction
264  "([eE][-+]?[0-9_]+)?";	# optional exponent
265
266sub GetOptions(@) {
267    # Shift in default array.
268    unshift(@_, \@ARGV);
269    # Try to keep caller() and Carp consistent.
270    goto &GetOptionsFromArray;
271}
272
273sub GetOptionsFromString(@) {
274    my ($string) = shift;
275    require Text::ParseWords;
276    my $args = [ Text::ParseWords::shellwords($string) ];
277    $caller ||= (caller)[0];	# current context
278    my $ret = GetOptionsFromArray($args, @_);
279    return ( $ret, $args ) if wantarray;
280    if ( @$args ) {
281	$ret = 0;
282	warn("GetOptionsFromString: Excess data \"@$args\" in string \"$string\"\n");
283    }
284    $ret;
285}
286
287sub GetOptionsFromArray(@) {
288
289    my ($argv, @optionlist) = @_;	# local copy of the option descriptions
290    my $argend = '--';		# option list terminator
291    my %opctl = ();		# table of option specs
292    my $pkg = $caller || (caller)[0];	# current context
293				# Needed if linkage is omitted.
294    my @ret = ();		# accum for non-options
295    my %linkage;		# linkage
296    my $userlinkage;		# user supplied HASH
297    my $opt;			# current option
298    my $prefix = $genprefix;	# current prefix
299
300    $error = '';
301
302    if ( $debug ) {
303	# Avoid some warnings if debugging.
304	local ($^W) = 0;
305	print STDERR
306	  ("Getopt::Long $Getopt::Long::VERSION ",
307	   "called from package \"$pkg\".",
308	   "\n  ",
309	   "argv: ",
310	   defined($argv)
311	   ? UNIVERSAL::isa( $argv, 'ARRAY' ) ? "(@$argv)" : $argv
312	   : "<undef>",
313	   "\n  ",
314	   "autoabbrev=$autoabbrev,".
315	   "bundling=$bundling,",
316	   "bundling_values=$bundling_values,",
317	   "getopt_compat=$getopt_compat,",
318	   "gnu_compat=$gnu_compat,",
319	   "order=$order,",
320	   "\n  ",
321	   "ignorecase=$ignorecase,",
322	   "requested_version=$requested_version,",
323	   "passthrough=$passthrough,",
324	   "genprefix=\"$genprefix\",",
325	   "longprefix=\"$longprefix\".",
326	   "\n");
327    }
328
329    # Check for ref HASH as first argument.
330    # First argument may be an object. It's OK to use this as long
331    # as it is really a hash underneath.
332    $userlinkage = undef;
333    if ( @optionlist && ref($optionlist[0]) and
334	 UNIVERSAL::isa($optionlist[0],'HASH') ) {
335	$userlinkage = shift (@optionlist);
336	print STDERR ("=> user linkage: $userlinkage\n") if $debug;
337    }
338
339    # See if the first element of the optionlist contains option
340    # starter characters.
341    # Be careful not to interpret '<>' as option starters.
342    if ( @optionlist && $optionlist[0] =~ /^\W+$/
343	 && !($optionlist[0] eq '<>'
344	      && @optionlist > 0
345	      && ref($optionlist[1])) ) {
346	$prefix = shift (@optionlist);
347	# Turn into regexp. Needs to be parenthesized!
348	$prefix =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g;
349	$prefix = "([" . $prefix . "])";
350	print STDERR ("=> prefix=\"$prefix\"\n") if $debug;
351    }
352
353    # Verify correctness of optionlist.
354    %opctl = ();
355    while ( @optionlist ) {
356	my $opt = shift (@optionlist);
357
358	unless ( defined($opt) ) {
359	    $error .= "Undefined argument in option spec\n";
360	    next;
361	}
362
363	# Strip leading prefix so people can specify "--foo=i" if they like.
364	$opt = $+ if $opt =~ /^$prefix+(.*)$/s;
365
366	if ( $opt eq '<>' ) {
367	    if ( (defined $userlinkage)
368		&& !(@optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]))
369		&& (exists $userlinkage->{$opt})
370		&& ref($userlinkage->{$opt}) ) {
371		unshift (@optionlist, $userlinkage->{$opt});
372	    }
373	    unless ( @optionlist > 0
374		    && ref($optionlist[0]) && ref($optionlist[0]) eq 'CODE' ) {
375		$error .= "Option spec <> requires a reference to a subroutine\n";
376		# Kill the linkage (to avoid another error).
377		shift (@optionlist)
378		  if @optionlist && ref($optionlist[0]);
379		next;
380	    }
381	    $linkage{'<>'} = shift (@optionlist);
382	    next;
383	}
384
385	# Parse option spec.
386	my ($name, $orig) = ParseOptionSpec ($opt, \%opctl);
387	unless ( defined $name ) {
388	    # Failed. $orig contains the error message. Sorry for the abuse.
389	    $error .= $orig;
390	    # Kill the linkage (to avoid another error).
391	    shift (@optionlist)
392	      if @optionlist && ref($optionlist[0]);
393	    next;
394	}
395
396	# If no linkage is supplied in the @optionlist, copy it from
397	# the userlinkage if available.
398	if ( defined $userlinkage ) {
399	    unless ( @optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]) ) {
400		if ( exists $userlinkage->{$orig} &&
401		     ref($userlinkage->{$orig}) ) {
402		    print STDERR ("=> found userlinkage for \"$orig\": ",
403				  "$userlinkage->{$orig}\n")
404			if $debug;
405		    unshift (@optionlist, $userlinkage->{$orig});
406		}
407		else {
408		    # Do nothing. Being undefined will be handled later.
409		    next;
410		}
411	    }
412	}
413
414	# Copy the linkage. If omitted, link to global variable.
415	if ( @optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]) ) {
416	    print STDERR ("=> link \"$orig\" to $optionlist[0]\n")
417		if $debug;
418	    my $rl = ref($linkage{$orig} = shift (@optionlist));
419
420	    if ( $rl eq "ARRAY" ) {
421		$opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] = CTL_DEST_ARRAY;
422	    }
423	    elsif ( $rl eq "HASH" ) {
424		$opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] = CTL_DEST_HASH;
425	    }
426	    elsif ( $rl eq "SCALAR" || $rl eq "REF" ) {
427#		if ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_ARRAY ) {
428#		    my $t = $linkage{$orig};
429#		    $$t = $linkage{$orig} = [];
430#		}
431#		elsif ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ) {
432#		}
433#		else {
434		    # Ok.
435#		}
436	    }
437	    elsif ( $rl eq "CODE" ) {
438		# Ok.
439	    }
440	    else {
441		$error .= "Invalid option linkage for \"$opt\"\n";
442	    }
443	}
444	else {
445	    # Link to global $opt_XXX variable.
446	    # Make sure a valid perl identifier results.
447	    my $ov = $orig;
448	    $ov =~ s/\W/_/g;
449	    if ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_ARRAY ) {
450		print STDERR ("=> link \"$orig\" to \@$pkg","::opt_$ov\n")
451		    if $debug;
452		eval ("\$linkage{\$orig} = \\\@".$pkg."::opt_$ov;");
453	    }
454	    elsif ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ) {
455		print STDERR ("=> link \"$orig\" to \%$pkg","::opt_$ov\n")
456		    if $debug;
457		eval ("\$linkage{\$orig} = \\\%".$pkg."::opt_$ov;");
458	    }
459	    else {
460		print STDERR ("=> link \"$orig\" to \$$pkg","::opt_$ov\n")
461		    if $debug;
462		eval ("\$linkage{\$orig} = \\\$".$pkg."::opt_$ov;");
463	    }
464	}
465
466	if ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_TYPE] eq 'I'
467	     && ( $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_ARRAY
468		  || $opctl{$name}[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH )
469	   ) {
470	    $error .= "Invalid option linkage for \"$opt\"\n";
471	}
472
473    }
474
475    $error .= "GetOptionsFromArray: 1st parameter is not an array reference\n"
476      unless $argv && UNIVERSAL::isa( $argv, 'ARRAY' );
477
478    # Bail out if errors found.
479    die ($error) if $error;
480    $error = 0;
481
482    # Supply --version and --help support, if needed and allowed.
483    if ( defined($auto_version) ? $auto_version : ($requested_version >= 2.3203) ) {
484	if ( !defined($opctl{version}) ) {
485	    $opctl{version} = ['','version',0,CTL_DEST_CODE,undef];
486	    $linkage{version} = \&VersionMessage;
487	}
488	$auto_version = 1;
489    }
490    if ( defined($auto_help) ? $auto_help : ($requested_version >= 2.3203) ) {
491	if ( !defined($opctl{help}) && !defined($opctl{'?'}) ) {
492	    $opctl{help} = $opctl{'?'} = ['','help',0,CTL_DEST_CODE,undef];
493	    $linkage{help} = \&HelpMessage;
494	}
495	$auto_help = 1;
496    }
497
498    # Show the options tables if debugging.
499    if ( $debug ) {
500	my ($arrow, $k, $v);
501	$arrow = "=> ";
502	while ( ($k,$v) = each(%opctl) ) {
503	    print STDERR ($arrow, "\$opctl{$k} = $v ", OptCtl($v), "\n");
504	    $arrow = "   ";
505	}
506    }
507
508    # Process argument list
509    my $goon = 1;
510    while ( $goon && @$argv > 0 ) {
511
512	# Get next argument.
513	$opt = shift (@$argv);
514	print STDERR ("=> arg \"", $opt, "\"\n") if $debug;
515
516	# Double dash is option list terminator.
517	if ( defined($opt) && $opt eq $argend ) {
518	  push (@ret, $argend) if $passthrough;
519	  last;
520	}
521
522	# Look it up.
523	my $tryopt = $opt;
524	my $found;		# success status
525	my $key;		# key (if hash type)
526	my $arg;		# option argument
527	my $ctl;		# the opctl entry
528
529	($found, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key) =
530	  FindOption ($argv, $prefix, $argend, $opt, \%opctl);
531
532	if ( $found ) {
533
534	    # FindOption undefines $opt in case of errors.
535	    next unless defined $opt;
536
537	    my $argcnt = 0;
538	    while ( defined $arg ) {
539
540		# Get the canonical name.
541		print STDERR ("=> cname for \"$opt\" is ") if $debug;
542		$opt = $ctl->[CTL_CNAME];
543		print STDERR ("\"$ctl->[CTL_CNAME]\"\n") if $debug;
544
545		if ( defined $linkage{$opt} ) {
546		    print STDERR ("=> ref(\$L{$opt}) -> ",
547				  ref($linkage{$opt}), "\n") if $debug;
548
549		    if ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'SCALAR'
550			 || ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'REF' ) {
551			if ( $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] eq '+' ) {
552			    print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt} += \"$arg\"\n")
553			      if $debug;
554			    if ( defined ${$linkage{$opt}} ) {
555			        ${$linkage{$opt}} += $arg;
556			    }
557		            else {
558			        ${$linkage{$opt}} = $arg;
559			    }
560			}
561			elsif ( $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_ARRAY ) {
562			    print STDERR ("=> ref(\$L{$opt}) auto-vivified",
563					  " to ARRAY\n")
564			      if $debug;
565			    my $t = $linkage{$opt};
566			    $$t = $linkage{$opt} = [];
567			    print STDERR ("=> push(\@{\$L{$opt}, \"$arg\")\n")
568			      if $debug;
569			    push (@{$linkage{$opt}}, $arg);
570			}
571			elsif ( $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ) {
572			    print STDERR ("=> ref(\$L{$opt}) auto-vivified",
573					  " to HASH\n")
574			      if $debug;
575			    my $t = $linkage{$opt};
576			    $$t = $linkage{$opt} = {};
577			    print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt}->{$key} = \"$arg\"\n")
578			      if $debug;
579			    $linkage{$opt}->{$key} = $arg;
580			}
581			else {
582			    print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt} = \"$arg\"\n")
583			      if $debug;
584			    ${$linkage{$opt}} = $arg;
585		        }
586		    }
587		    elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'ARRAY' ) {
588			print STDERR ("=> push(\@{\$L{$opt}, \"$arg\")\n")
589			    if $debug;
590			push (@{$linkage{$opt}}, $arg);
591		    }
592		    elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'HASH' ) {
593			print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt}->{$key} = \"$arg\"\n")
594			    if $debug;
595			$linkage{$opt}->{$key} = $arg;
596		    }
597		    elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'CODE' ) {
598			print STDERR ("=> &L{$opt}(\"$opt\"",
599				      $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ? ", \"$key\"" : "",
600				      ", \"$arg\")\n")
601			    if $debug;
602			my $eval_error = do {
603			    local $@;
604			    local $SIG{__DIE__}  = 'DEFAULT';
605			    eval {
606				&{$linkage{$opt}}
607				  (Getopt::Long::CallBack->new
608				   (name    => $opt,
609				    ctl     => $ctl,
610				    opctl   => \%opctl,
611				    linkage => \%linkage,
612				    prefix  => $prefix,
613				   ),
614				   $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ? ($key) : (),
615				   $arg);
616			    };
617			    $@;
618			};
619			print STDERR ("=> die($eval_error)\n")
620			  if $debug && $eval_error ne '';
621			if ( $eval_error =~ /^!/ ) {
622			    if ( $eval_error =~ /^!FINISH\b/ ) {
623				$goon = 0;
624			    }
625			}
626			elsif ( $eval_error ne '' ) {
627			    warn ($eval_error);
628			    $error++;
629			}
630		    }
631		    else {
632			print STDERR ("Invalid REF type \"", ref($linkage{$opt}),
633				      "\" in linkage\n");
634			die("Getopt::Long -- internal error!\n");
635		    }
636		}
637		# No entry in linkage means entry in userlinkage.
638		elsif ( $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_ARRAY ) {
639		    if ( defined $userlinkage->{$opt} ) {
640			print STDERR ("=> push(\@{\$L{$opt}}, \"$arg\")\n")
641			    if $debug;
642			push (@{$userlinkage->{$opt}}, $arg);
643		    }
644		    else {
645			print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = [\"$arg\"]\n")
646			    if $debug;
647			$userlinkage->{$opt} = [$arg];
648		    }
649		}
650		elsif ( $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ) {
651		    if ( defined $userlinkage->{$opt} ) {
652			print STDERR ("=> \$L{$opt}->{$key} = \"$arg\"\n")
653			    if $debug;
654			$userlinkage->{$opt}->{$key} = $arg;
655		    }
656		    else {
657			print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = {$key => \"$arg\"}\n")
658			    if $debug;
659			$userlinkage->{$opt} = {$key => $arg};
660		    }
661		}
662		else {
663		    if ( $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] eq '+' ) {
664			print STDERR ("=> \$L{$opt} += \"$arg\"\n")
665			  if $debug;
666			if ( defined $userlinkage->{$opt} ) {
667			    $userlinkage->{$opt} += $arg;
668			}
669			else {
670			    $userlinkage->{$opt} = $arg;
671			}
672		    }
673		    else {
674			print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = \"$arg\"\n") if $debug;
675			$userlinkage->{$opt} = $arg;
676		    }
677		}
678
679		$argcnt++;
680		last if $argcnt >= $ctl->[CTL_AMAX] && $ctl->[CTL_AMAX] != -1;
681		undef($arg);
682
683		# Need more args?
684		if ( $argcnt < $ctl->[CTL_AMIN] ) {
685		    if ( @$argv ) {
686			if ( ValidValue($ctl, $argv->[0], 1, $argend, $prefix) ) {
687			    $arg = shift(@$argv);
688			    if ( $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] =~ /^[iIo]$/ ) {
689				$arg =~ tr/_//d;
690				$arg = $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] eq 'o' && $arg =~ /^0/
691				  ? oct($arg)
692				  : 0+$arg
693			    }
694			    ($key,$arg) = $arg =~ /^([^=]+)=(.*)/
695			      if $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH;
696			    next;
697			}
698			warn("Value \"$$argv[0]\" invalid for option $opt\n");
699			$error++;
700		    }
701		    else {
702			warn("Insufficient arguments for option $opt\n");
703			$error++;
704		    }
705		}
706
707		# Any more args?
708		if ( @$argv && ValidValue($ctl, $argv->[0], 0, $argend, $prefix) ) {
709		    $arg = shift(@$argv);
710		    if ( $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] =~ /^[iIo]$/ ) {
711			$arg =~ tr/_//d;
712			$arg = $ctl->[CTL_TYPE] eq 'o' && $arg =~ /^0/
713			  ? oct($arg)
714			  : 0+$arg
715		    }
716		    ($key,$arg) = $arg =~ /^([^=]+)=(.*)/
717		      if $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH;
718		    next;
719		}
720	    }
721	}
722
723	# Not an option. Save it if we $PERMUTE and don't have a <>.
724	elsif ( $order == $PERMUTE ) {
725	    # Try non-options call-back.
726	    my $cb;
727	    if ( defined ($cb = $linkage{'<>'}) ) {
728		print STDERR ("=> &L{$tryopt}(\"$tryopt\")\n")
729		  if $debug;
730		my $eval_error = do {
731		    local $@;
732		    local $SIG{__DIE__}  = 'DEFAULT';
733		    eval {
734			# The arg to <> cannot be the CallBack object
735			# since it may be passed to other modules that
736			# get confused (e.g., Archive::Tar). Well,
737			# it's not relevant for this callback anyway.
738			&$cb($tryopt);
739		    };
740		    $@;
741		};
742		print STDERR ("=> die($eval_error)\n")
743		  if $debug && $eval_error ne '';
744		if ( $eval_error =~ /^!/ ) {
745		    if ( $eval_error =~ /^!FINISH\b/ ) {
746			$goon = 0;
747		    }
748		}
749		elsif ( $eval_error ne '' ) {
750		    warn ($eval_error);
751		    $error++;
752		}
753	    }
754	    else {
755		print STDERR ("=> saving \"$tryopt\" ",
756			      "(not an option, may permute)\n") if $debug;
757		push (@ret, $tryopt);
758	    }
759	    next;
760	}
761
762	# ...otherwise, terminate.
763	else {
764	    # Push this one back and exit.
765	    unshift (@$argv, $tryopt);
766	    return ($error == 0);
767	}
768
769    }
770
771    # Finish.
772    if ( @ret && $order == $PERMUTE ) {
773	#  Push back accumulated arguments
774	print STDERR ("=> restoring \"", join('" "', @ret), "\"\n")
775	    if $debug;
776	unshift (@$argv, @ret);
777    }
778
779    return ($error == 0);
780}
781
782# A readable representation of what's in an optbl.
783sub OptCtl ($) {
784    my ($v) = @_;
785    my @v = map { defined($_) ? ($_) : ("<undef>") } @$v;
786    "[".
787      join(",",
788	   "\"$v[CTL_TYPE]\"",
789	   "\"$v[CTL_CNAME]\"",
790	   "\"$v[CTL_DEFAULT]\"",
791	   ("\$","\@","\%","\&")[$v[CTL_DEST] || 0],
792	   $v[CTL_AMIN] || '',
793	   $v[CTL_AMAX] || '',
794#	   $v[CTL_RANGE] || '',
795#	   $v[CTL_REPEAT] || '',
796	  ). "]";
797}
798
799# Parse an option specification and fill the tables.
800sub ParseOptionSpec ($$) {
801    my ($opt, $opctl) = @_;
802
803    # Match option spec.
804    if ( $opt !~ m;^
805		   (
806		     # Option name
807		     (?: \w+[-\w]* )
808		     # Alias names, or "?"
809		     (?: \| (?: \? | \w[-\w]* ) )*
810		     # Aliases
811		     (?: \| (?: [^-|!+=:][^|!+=:]* )? )*
812		   )?
813		   (
814		     # Either modifiers ...
815		     [!+]
816		     |
817		     # ... or a value/dest/repeat specification
818		     [=:] [ionfs] [@%]? (?: \{\d*,?\d*\} )?
819		     |
820		     # ... or an optional-with-default spec
821		     : (?: -?\d+ | \+ ) [@%]?
822		   )?
823		   $;x ) {
824	return (undef, "Error in option spec: \"$opt\"\n");
825    }
826
827    my ($names, $spec) = ($1, $2);
828    $spec = '' unless defined $spec;
829
830    # $orig keeps track of the primary name the user specified.
831    # This name will be used for the internal or external linkage.
832    # In other words, if the user specifies "FoO|BaR", it will
833    # match any case combinations of 'foo' and 'bar', but if a global
834    # variable needs to be set, it will be $opt_FoO in the exact case
835    # as specified.
836    my $orig;
837
838    my @names;
839    if ( defined $names ) {
840	@names =  split (/\|/, $names);
841	$orig = $names[0];
842    }
843    else {
844	@names = ('');
845	$orig = '';
846    }
847
848    # Construct the opctl entries.
849    my $entry;
850    if ( $spec eq '' || $spec eq '+' || $spec eq '!' ) {
851	# Fields are hard-wired here.
852	$entry = [$spec,$orig,undef,CTL_DEST_SCALAR,0,0];
853    }
854    elsif ( $spec =~ /^:(-?\d+|\+)([@%])?$/ ) {
855	my $def = $1;
856	my $dest = $2;
857	my $type = $def eq '+' ? 'I' : 'i';
858	$dest ||= '$';
859	$dest = $dest eq '@' ? CTL_DEST_ARRAY
860	  : $dest eq '%' ? CTL_DEST_HASH : CTL_DEST_SCALAR;
861	# Fields are hard-wired here.
862	$entry = [$type,$orig,$def eq '+' ? undef : $def,
863		  $dest,0,1];
864    }
865    else {
866	my ($mand, $type, $dest) =
867	  $spec =~ /^([=:])([ionfs])([@%])?(\{(\d+)?(,)?(\d+)?\})?$/;
868	return (undef, "Cannot repeat while bundling: \"$opt\"\n")
869	  if $bundling && defined($4);
870	my ($mi, $cm, $ma) = ($5, $6, $7);
871	return (undef, "{0} is useless in option spec: \"$opt\"\n")
872	  if defined($mi) && !$mi && !defined($ma) && !defined($cm);
873
874	$type = 'i' if $type eq 'n';
875	$dest ||= '$';
876	$dest = $dest eq '@' ? CTL_DEST_ARRAY
877	  : $dest eq '%' ? CTL_DEST_HASH : CTL_DEST_SCALAR;
878	# Default minargs to 1/0 depending on mand status.
879	$mi = $mand eq '=' ? 1 : 0 unless defined $mi;
880	# Adjust mand status according to minargs.
881	$mand = $mi ? '=' : ':';
882	# Adjust maxargs.
883	$ma = $mi ? $mi : 1 unless defined $ma || defined $cm;
884	return (undef, "Max must be greater than zero in option spec: \"$opt\"\n")
885	  if defined($ma) && !$ma;
886	return (undef, "Max less than min in option spec: \"$opt\"\n")
887	  if defined($ma) && $ma < $mi;
888
889	# Fields are hard-wired here.
890	$entry = [$type,$orig,undef,$dest,$mi,$ma||-1];
891    }
892
893    # Process all names. First is canonical, the rest are aliases.
894    my $dups = '';
895    foreach ( @names ) {
896
897	$_ = lc ($_)
898	  if $ignorecase > (($bundling && length($_) == 1) ? 1 : 0);
899
900	if ( exists $opctl->{$_} ) {
901	    $dups .= "Duplicate specification \"$opt\" for option \"$_\"\n";
902	}
903
904	if ( $spec eq '!' ) {
905	    $opctl->{"no$_"} = $entry;
906	    $opctl->{"no-$_"} = $entry;
907	    $opctl->{$_} = [@$entry];
908	    $opctl->{$_}->[CTL_TYPE] = '';
909	}
910	else {
911	    $opctl->{$_} = $entry;
912	}
913    }
914
915    if ( $dups && $^W ) {
916	foreach ( split(/\n+/, $dups) ) {
917	    warn($_."\n");
918	}
919    }
920    ($names[0], $orig);
921}
922
923# Option lookup.
924sub FindOption ($$$$$) {
925
926    # returns (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key) if okay,
927    # returns (1, undef) if option in error,
928    # returns (0) otherwise.
929
930    my ($argv, $prefix, $argend, $opt, $opctl) = @_;
931
932    print STDERR ("=> find \"$opt\"\n") if $debug;
933
934    return (0) unless defined($opt);
935    return (0) unless $opt =~ /^($prefix)(.*)$/s;
936    return (0) if $opt eq "-" && !defined $opctl->{''};
937
938    $opt = substr( $opt, length($1) ); # retain taintedness
939    my $starter = $1;
940
941    print STDERR ("=> split \"$starter\"+\"$opt\"\n") if $debug;
942
943    my $optarg;			# value supplied with --opt=value
944    my $rest;			# remainder from unbundling
945
946    # If it is a long option, it may include the value.
947    # With getopt_compat, only if not bundling.
948    if ( ($starter=~/^$longprefix$/
949	  || ($getopt_compat && ($bundling == 0 || $bundling == 2)))
950	 && (my $oppos = index($opt, '=', 1)) > 0) {
951	my $optorg = $opt;
952	$opt = substr($optorg, 0, $oppos);
953	$optarg = substr($optorg, $oppos + 1); # retain tainedness
954	print STDERR ("=> option \"", $opt,
955		      "\", optarg = \"$optarg\"\n") if $debug;
956    }
957
958    #### Look it up ###
959
960    my $tryopt = $opt;		# option to try
961
962    if ( ( $bundling || $bundling_values ) && $starter eq '-' ) {
963
964	# To try overrides, obey case ignore.
965	$tryopt = $ignorecase ? lc($opt) : $opt;
966
967	# If bundling == 2, long options can override bundles.
968	if ( $bundling == 2 && length($tryopt) > 1
969	     && defined ($opctl->{$tryopt}) ) {
970	    print STDERR ("=> $starter$tryopt overrides unbundling\n")
971	      if $debug;
972	}
973
974	# If bundling_values, option may be followed by the value.
975	elsif ( $bundling_values ) {
976	    $tryopt = $opt;
977	    # Unbundle single letter option.
978	    $rest = length ($tryopt) > 0 ? substr ($tryopt, 1) : '';
979	    $tryopt = substr ($tryopt, 0, 1);
980	    $tryopt = lc ($tryopt) if $ignorecase > 1;
981	    print STDERR ("=> $starter$tryopt unbundled from ",
982			  "$starter$tryopt$rest\n") if $debug;
983	    # Whatever remains may not be considered an option.
984	    $optarg = $rest eq '' ? undef : $rest;
985	    $rest = undef;
986	}
987
988	# Split off a single letter and leave the rest for
989	# further processing.
990	else {
991	    $tryopt = $opt;
992	    # Unbundle single letter option.
993	    $rest = length ($tryopt) > 0 ? substr ($tryopt, 1) : '';
994	    $tryopt = substr ($tryopt, 0, 1);
995	    $tryopt = lc ($tryopt) if $ignorecase > 1;
996	    print STDERR ("=> $starter$tryopt unbundled from ",
997			  "$starter$tryopt$rest\n") if $debug;
998	    $rest = undef unless $rest ne '';
999	}
1000    }
1001
1002    # Try auto-abbreviation.
1003    elsif ( $autoabbrev && $opt ne "" ) {
1004	# Sort the possible long option names.
1005	my @names = sort(keys (%$opctl));
1006	# Downcase if allowed.
1007	$opt = lc ($opt) if $ignorecase;
1008	$tryopt = $opt;
1009	# Turn option name into pattern.
1010	my $pat = quotemeta ($opt);
1011	# Look up in option names.
1012	my @hits = grep (/^$pat/, @names);
1013	print STDERR ("=> ", scalar(@hits), " hits (@hits) with \"$pat\" ",
1014		      "out of ", scalar(@names), "\n") if $debug;
1015
1016	# Check for ambiguous results.
1017	unless ( (@hits <= 1) || (grep ($_ eq $opt, @hits) == 1) ) {
1018	    # See if all matches are for the same option.
1019	    my %hit;
1020	    foreach ( @hits ) {
1021		my $hit = $opctl->{$_}->[CTL_CNAME]
1022		  if defined $opctl->{$_}->[CTL_CNAME];
1023		$hit = "no" . $hit if $opctl->{$_}->[CTL_TYPE] eq '!';
1024		$hit{$hit} = 1;
1025	    }
1026	    # Remove auto-supplied options (version, help).
1027	    if ( keys(%hit) == 2 ) {
1028		if ( $auto_version && exists($hit{version}) ) {
1029		    delete $hit{version};
1030		}
1031		elsif ( $auto_help && exists($hit{help}) ) {
1032		    delete $hit{help};
1033		}
1034	    }
1035	    # Now see if it really is ambiguous.
1036	    unless ( keys(%hit) == 1 ) {
1037		return (0) if $passthrough;
1038		warn ("Option ", $opt, " is ambiguous (",
1039		      join(", ", @hits), ")\n");
1040		$error++;
1041		return (1, undef);
1042	    }
1043	    @hits = keys(%hit);
1044	}
1045
1046	# Complete the option name, if appropriate.
1047	if ( @hits == 1 && $hits[0] ne $opt ) {
1048	    $tryopt = $hits[0];
1049	    $tryopt = lc ($tryopt)
1050	      if $ignorecase > (($bundling && length($tryopt) == 1) ? 1 : 0);
1051	    print STDERR ("=> option \"$opt\" -> \"$tryopt\"\n")
1052		if $debug;
1053	}
1054    }
1055
1056    # Map to all lowercase if ignoring case.
1057    elsif ( $ignorecase ) {
1058	$tryopt = lc ($opt);
1059    }
1060
1061    # Check validity by fetching the info.
1062    my $ctl = $opctl->{$tryopt};
1063    unless  ( defined $ctl ) {
1064	return (0) if $passthrough;
1065	# Pretend one char when bundling.
1066	if ( $bundling == 1 && length($starter) == 1 ) {
1067	    $opt = substr($opt,0,1);
1068            unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest;
1069	}
1070	if ( $opt eq "" ) {
1071	    warn ("Missing option after ", $starter, "\n");
1072	}
1073	else {
1074	    warn ("Unknown option: ", $opt, "\n");
1075	}
1076	$error++;
1077	return (1, undef);
1078    }
1079    # Apparently valid.
1080    $opt = $tryopt;
1081    print STDERR ("=> found ", OptCtl($ctl),
1082		  " for \"", $opt, "\"\n") if $debug;
1083
1084    #### Determine argument status ####
1085
1086    # If it is an option w/o argument, we're almost finished with it.
1087    my $type = $ctl->[CTL_TYPE];
1088    my $arg;
1089
1090    if ( $type eq '' || $type eq '!' || $type eq '+' ) {
1091	if ( defined $optarg ) {
1092	    return (0) if $passthrough;
1093	    warn ("Option ", $opt, " does not take an argument\n");
1094	    $error++;
1095	    undef $opt;
1096	    undef $optarg if $bundling_values;
1097	}
1098	elsif ( $type eq '' || $type eq '+' ) {
1099	    # Supply explicit value.
1100	    $arg = 1;
1101	}
1102	else {
1103	    $opt =~ s/^no-?//i;	# strip NO prefix
1104	    $arg = 0;		# supply explicit value
1105	}
1106	unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest;
1107	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg);
1108    }
1109
1110    # Get mandatory status and type info.
1111    my $mand = $ctl->[CTL_AMIN];
1112
1113    # Check if there is an option argument available.
1114    if ( $gnu_compat ) {
1115	my $optargtype = 0; # none, 1 = empty, 2 = nonempty, 3 = aux
1116	if ( defined($optarg) ) {
1117	    $optargtype = (length($optarg) == 0) ? 1 : 2;
1118	}
1119	elsif ( defined $rest || @$argv > 0 ) {
1120	    # GNU getopt_long() does not accept the (optional)
1121	    # argument to be passed to the option without = sign.
1122	    # We do, since not doing so breaks existing scripts.
1123	    $optargtype = 3;
1124	}
1125	if(($optargtype == 0) && !$mand) {
1126	    my $val
1127	      = defined($ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT]) ? $ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT]
1128	      : $type eq 's'                 ? ''
1129	      :                                0;
1130	    return (1, $opt, $ctl, $val);
1131	}
1132	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $type eq 's' ? '' : 0)
1133	  if $optargtype == 1;  # --foo=  -> return nothing
1134    }
1135
1136    # Check if there is an option argument available.
1137    if ( defined $optarg
1138	 ? ($optarg eq '')
1139	 : !(defined $rest || @$argv > 0) ) {
1140	# Complain if this option needs an argument.
1141#	if ( $mand && !($type eq 's' ? defined($optarg) : 0) ) {
1142	if ( $mand ) {
1143	    return (0) if $passthrough;
1144	    warn ("Option ", $opt, " requires an argument\n");
1145	    $error++;
1146	    return (1, undef);
1147	}
1148	if ( $type eq 'I' ) {
1149	    # Fake incremental type.
1150	    my @c = @$ctl;
1151	    $c[CTL_TYPE] = '+';
1152	    return (1, $opt, \@c, 1);
1153	}
1154	return (1, $opt, $ctl,
1155		defined($ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT]) ? $ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT] :
1156		$type eq 's' ? '' : 0);
1157    }
1158
1159    # Get (possibly optional) argument.
1160    $arg = (defined $rest ? $rest
1161	    : (defined $optarg ? $optarg : shift (@$argv)));
1162
1163    # Get key if this is a "name=value" pair for a hash option.
1164    my $key;
1165    if ($ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH && defined $arg) {
1166	($key, $arg) = ($arg =~ /^([^=]*)=(.*)$/s) ? ($1, $2)
1167	  : ($arg, defined($ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT]) ? $ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT] :
1168	     ($mand ? undef : ($type eq 's' ? "" : 1)));
1169	if (! defined $arg) {
1170	    warn ("Option $opt, key \"$key\", requires a value\n");
1171	    $error++;
1172	    # Push back.
1173	    unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest;
1174	    return (1, undef);
1175	}
1176    }
1177
1178    #### Check if the argument is valid for this option ####
1179
1180    my $key_valid = $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ? "[^=]+=" : "";
1181
1182    if ( $type eq 's' ) {	# string
1183	# A mandatory string takes anything.
1184	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key) if $mand;
1185
1186	# Same for optional string as a hash value
1187	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key)
1188	  if $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH;
1189
1190	# An optional string takes almost anything.
1191	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key)
1192	  if defined $optarg || defined $rest;
1193	return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key) if $arg eq "-"; # ??
1194
1195	# Check for option or option list terminator.
1196	if ($arg eq $argend ||
1197	    $arg =~ /^$prefix.+/) {
1198	    # Push back.
1199	    unshift (@$argv, $arg);
1200	    # Supply empty value.
1201	    $arg = '';
1202	}
1203    }
1204
1205    elsif ( $type eq 'i'	# numeric/integer
1206            || $type eq 'I'	# numeric/integer w/ incr default
1207	    || $type eq 'o' ) { # dec/oct/hex/bin value
1208
1209	my $o_valid = $type eq 'o' ? PAT_XINT : PAT_INT;
1210
1211	if ( $bundling && defined $rest
1212	     && $rest =~ /^($key_valid)($o_valid)(.*)$/si ) {
1213	    ($key, $arg, $rest) = ($1, $2, $+);
1214	    chop($key) if $key;
1215	    $arg = ($type eq 'o' && $arg =~ /^0/) ? oct($arg) : 0+$arg;
1216	    unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest && $rest ne '';
1217	}
1218	elsif ( $arg =~ /^$o_valid$/si ) {
1219	    $arg =~ tr/_//d;
1220	    $arg = ($type eq 'o' && $arg =~ /^0/) ? oct($arg) : 0+$arg;
1221	}
1222	else {
1223	    if ( defined $optarg || $mand ) {
1224		if ( $passthrough ) {
1225		    unshift (@$argv, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg)
1226		      unless defined $optarg;
1227		    return (0);
1228		}
1229		warn ("Value \"", $arg, "\" invalid for option ",
1230		      $opt, " (",
1231		      $type eq 'o' ? "extended " : '',
1232		      "number expected)\n");
1233		$error++;
1234		# Push back.
1235		unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest;
1236		return (1, undef);
1237	    }
1238	    else {
1239		# Push back.
1240		unshift (@$argv, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg);
1241		if ( $type eq 'I' ) {
1242		    # Fake incremental type.
1243		    my @c = @$ctl;
1244		    $c[CTL_TYPE] = '+';
1245		    return (1, $opt, \@c, 1);
1246		}
1247		# Supply default value.
1248		$arg = defined($ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT]) ? $ctl->[CTL_DEFAULT] : 0;
1249	    }
1250	}
1251    }
1252
1253    elsif ( $type eq 'f' ) { # real number, int is also ok
1254	my $o_valid = PAT_FLOAT;
1255	if ( $bundling && defined $rest &&
1256	     $rest =~ /^($key_valid)($o_valid)(.*)$/s ) {
1257	    $arg =~ tr/_//d;
1258	    ($key, $arg, $rest) = ($1, $2, $+);
1259	    chop($key) if $key;
1260	    unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest && $rest ne '';
1261	}
1262	elsif ( $arg =~ /^$o_valid$/ ) {
1263	    $arg =~ tr/_//d;
1264	}
1265	else {
1266	    if ( defined $optarg || $mand ) {
1267		if ( $passthrough ) {
1268		    unshift (@$argv, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg)
1269		      unless defined $optarg;
1270		    return (0);
1271		}
1272		warn ("Value \"", $arg, "\" invalid for option ",
1273		      $opt, " (real number expected)\n");
1274		$error++;
1275		# Push back.
1276		unshift (@$argv, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest;
1277		return (1, undef);
1278	    }
1279	    else {
1280		# Push back.
1281		unshift (@$argv, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg);
1282		# Supply default value.
1283		$arg = 0.0;
1284	    }
1285	}
1286    }
1287    else {
1288	die("Getopt::Long internal error (Can't happen)\n");
1289    }
1290    return (1, $opt, $ctl, $arg, $key);
1291}
1292
1293sub ValidValue ($$$$$) {
1294    my ($ctl, $arg, $mand, $argend, $prefix) = @_;
1295
1296    if ( $ctl->[CTL_DEST] == CTL_DEST_HASH ) {
1297	return 0 unless $arg =~ /[^=]+=(.*)/;
1298	$arg = $1;
1299    }
1300
1301    my $type = $ctl->[CTL_TYPE];
1302
1303    if ( $type eq 's' ) {	# string
1304	# A mandatory string takes anything.
1305	return (1) if $mand;
1306
1307	return (1) if $arg eq "-";
1308
1309	# Check for option or option list terminator.
1310	return 0 if $arg eq $argend || $arg =~ /^$prefix.+/;
1311	return 1;
1312    }
1313
1314    elsif ( $type eq 'i'	# numeric/integer
1315            || $type eq 'I'	# numeric/integer w/ incr default
1316	    || $type eq 'o' ) { # dec/oct/hex/bin value
1317
1318	my $o_valid = $type eq 'o' ? PAT_XINT : PAT_INT;
1319	return $arg =~ /^$o_valid$/si;
1320    }
1321
1322    elsif ( $type eq 'f' ) { # real number, int is also ok
1323	my $o_valid = PAT_FLOAT;
1324	return $arg =~ /^$o_valid$/;
1325    }
1326    die("ValidValue: Cannot happen\n");
1327}
1328
1329# Getopt::Long Configuration.
1330sub Configure (@) {
1331    my (@options) = @_;
1332
1333    my $prevconfig =
1334      [ $error, $debug, $major_version, $minor_version, $caller,
1335	$autoabbrev, $getopt_compat, $ignorecase, $bundling, $order,
1336	$gnu_compat, $passthrough, $genprefix, $auto_version, $auto_help,
1337	$longprefix, $bundling_values ];
1338
1339    if ( ref($options[0]) eq 'ARRAY' ) {
1340	( $error, $debug, $major_version, $minor_version, $caller,
1341	  $autoabbrev, $getopt_compat, $ignorecase, $bundling, $order,
1342	  $gnu_compat, $passthrough, $genprefix, $auto_version, $auto_help,
1343	  $longprefix, $bundling_values ) = @{shift(@options)};
1344    }
1345
1346    my $opt;
1347    foreach $opt ( @options ) {
1348	my $try = lc ($opt);
1349	my $action = 1;
1350	if ( $try =~ /^no_?(.*)$/s ) {
1351	    $action = 0;
1352	    $try = $+;
1353	}
1354	if ( ($try eq 'default' or $try eq 'defaults') && $action ) {
1355	    ConfigDefaults ();
1356	}
1357	elsif ( ($try eq 'posix_default' or $try eq 'posix_defaults') ) {
1358	    local $ENV{POSIXLY_CORRECT};
1359	    $ENV{POSIXLY_CORRECT} = 1 if $action;
1360	    ConfigDefaults ();
1361	}
1362	elsif ( $try eq 'auto_abbrev' or $try eq 'autoabbrev' ) {
1363	    $autoabbrev = $action;
1364	}
1365	elsif ( $try eq 'getopt_compat' ) {
1366	    $getopt_compat = $action;
1367            $genprefix = $action ? "(--|-|\\+)" : "(--|-)";
1368	}
1369	elsif ( $try eq 'gnu_getopt' ) {
1370	    if ( $action ) {
1371		$gnu_compat = 1;
1372		$bundling = 1;
1373		$getopt_compat = 0;
1374                $genprefix = "(--|-)";
1375		$order = $PERMUTE;
1376		$bundling_values = 0;
1377	    }
1378	}
1379	elsif ( $try eq 'gnu_compat' ) {
1380	    $gnu_compat = $action;
1381	    $bundling = 0;
1382	    $bundling_values = 1;
1383	}
1384	elsif ( $try =~ /^(auto_?)?version$/ ) {
1385	    $auto_version = $action;
1386	}
1387	elsif ( $try =~ /^(auto_?)?help$/ ) {
1388	    $auto_help = $action;
1389	}
1390	elsif ( $try eq 'ignorecase' or $try eq 'ignore_case' ) {
1391	    $ignorecase = $action;
1392	}
1393	elsif ( $try eq 'ignorecase_always' or $try eq 'ignore_case_always' ) {
1394	    $ignorecase = $action ? 2 : 0;
1395	}
1396	elsif ( $try eq 'bundling' ) {
1397	    $bundling = $action;
1398	    $bundling_values = 0 if $action;
1399	}
1400	elsif ( $try eq 'bundling_override' ) {
1401	    $bundling = $action ? 2 : 0;
1402	    $bundling_values = 0 if $action;
1403	}
1404	elsif ( $try eq 'bundling_values' ) {
1405	    $bundling_values = $action;
1406	    $bundling = 0 if $action;
1407	}
1408	elsif ( $try eq 'require_order' ) {
1409	    $order = $action ? $REQUIRE_ORDER : $PERMUTE;
1410	}
1411	elsif ( $try eq 'permute' ) {
1412	    $order = $action ? $PERMUTE : $REQUIRE_ORDER;
1413	}
1414	elsif ( $try eq 'pass_through' or $try eq 'passthrough' ) {
1415	    $passthrough = $action;
1416	}
1417	elsif ( $try =~ /^prefix=(.+)$/ && $action ) {
1418	    $genprefix = $1;
1419	    # Turn into regexp. Needs to be parenthesized!
1420	    $genprefix = "(" . quotemeta($genprefix) . ")";
1421	    eval { '' =~ /$genprefix/; };
1422	    die("Getopt::Long: invalid pattern \"$genprefix\"\n") if $@;
1423	}
1424	elsif ( $try =~ /^prefix_pattern=(.+)$/ && $action ) {
1425	    $genprefix = $1;
1426	    # Parenthesize if needed.
1427	    $genprefix = "(" . $genprefix . ")"
1428	      unless $genprefix =~ /^\(.*\)$/;
1429	    eval { '' =~ m"$genprefix"; };
1430	    die("Getopt::Long: invalid pattern \"$genprefix\"\n") if $@;
1431	}
1432	elsif ( $try =~ /^long_prefix_pattern=(.+)$/ && $action ) {
1433	    $longprefix = $1;
1434	    # Parenthesize if needed.
1435	    $longprefix = "(" . $longprefix . ")"
1436	      unless $longprefix =~ /^\(.*\)$/;
1437	    eval { '' =~ m"$longprefix"; };
1438	    die("Getopt::Long: invalid long prefix pattern \"$longprefix\"\n") if $@;
1439	}
1440	elsif ( $try eq 'debug' ) {
1441	    $debug = $action;
1442	}
1443	else {
1444	    die("Getopt::Long: unknown or erroneous config parameter \"$opt\"\n")
1445	}
1446    }
1447    $prevconfig;
1448}
1449
1450# Deprecated name.
1451sub config (@) {
1452    Configure (@_);
1453}
1454
1455# Issue a standard message for --version.
1456#
1457# The arguments are mostly the same as for Pod::Usage::pod2usage:
1458#
1459#  - a number (exit value)
1460#  - a string (lead in message)
1461#  - a hash with options. See Pod::Usage for details.
1462#
1463sub VersionMessage(@) {
1464    # Massage args.
1465    my $pa = setup_pa_args("version", @_);
1466
1467    my $v = $main::VERSION;
1468    my $fh = $pa->{-output} ||
1469      ( ($pa->{-exitval} eq "NOEXIT" || $pa->{-exitval} < 2) ? \*STDOUT : \*STDERR );
1470
1471    print $fh (defined($pa->{-message}) ? $pa->{-message} : (),
1472	       $0, defined $v ? " version $v" : (),
1473	       "\n",
1474	       "(", __PACKAGE__, "::", "GetOptions",
1475	       " version ",
1476	       defined($Getopt::Long::VERSION_STRING)
1477	         ? $Getopt::Long::VERSION_STRING : $VERSION, ";",
1478	       " Perl version ",
1479	       $] >= 5.006 ? sprintf("%vd", $^V) : $],
1480	       ")\n");
1481    exit($pa->{-exitval}) unless $pa->{-exitval} eq "NOEXIT";
1482}
1483
1484# Issue a standard message for --help.
1485#
1486# The arguments are the same as for Pod::Usage::pod2usage:
1487#
1488#  - a number (exit value)
1489#  - a string (lead in message)
1490#  - a hash with options. See Pod::Usage for details.
1491#
1492sub HelpMessage(@) {
1493    eval {
1494	require Pod::Usage;
1495	import Pod::Usage;
1496	1;
1497    } || die("Cannot provide help: cannot load Pod::Usage\n");
1498
1499    # Note that pod2usage will issue a warning if -exitval => NOEXIT.
1500    pod2usage(setup_pa_args("help", @_));
1501
1502}
1503
1504# Helper routine to set up a normalized hash ref to be used as
1505# argument to pod2usage.
1506sub setup_pa_args($@) {
1507    my $tag = shift;		# who's calling
1508
1509    # If called by direct binding to an option, it will get the option
1510    # name and value as arguments. Remove these, if so.
1511    @_ = () if @_ == 2 && $_[0] eq $tag;
1512
1513    my $pa;
1514    if ( @_ > 1 ) {
1515	$pa = { @_ };
1516    }
1517    else {
1518	$pa = shift || {};
1519    }
1520
1521    # At this point, $pa can be a number (exit value), string
1522    # (message) or hash with options.
1523
1524    if ( UNIVERSAL::isa($pa, 'HASH') ) {
1525	# Get rid of -msg vs. -message ambiguity.
1526	$pa->{-message} = $pa->{-msg};
1527	delete($pa->{-msg});
1528    }
1529    elsif ( $pa =~ /^-?\d+$/ ) {
1530	$pa = { -exitval => $pa };
1531    }
1532    else {
1533	$pa = { -message => $pa };
1534    }
1535
1536    # These are _our_ defaults.
1537    $pa->{-verbose} = 0 unless exists($pa->{-verbose});
1538    $pa->{-exitval} = 0 unless exists($pa->{-exitval});
1539    $pa;
1540}
1541
1542# Sneak way to know what version the user requested.
1543sub VERSION {
1544    $requested_version = $_[1];
1545    shift->SUPER::VERSION(@_);
1546}
1547
1548package Getopt::Long::CallBack;
1549
1550sub new {
1551    my ($pkg, %atts) = @_;
1552    bless { %atts }, $pkg;
1553}
1554
1555sub name {
1556    my $self = shift;
1557    ''.$self->{name};
1558}
1559
1560use overload
1561  # Treat this object as an ordinary string for legacy API.
1562  '""'	   => \&name,
1563  fallback => 1;
1564
15651;
1566
1567################ Documentation ################
1568
1569=head1 NAME
1570
1571Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
1572
1573=head1 SYNOPSIS
1574
1575  use Getopt::Long;
1576  my $data   = "file.dat";
1577  my $length = 24;
1578  my $verbose;
1579  GetOptions ("length=i" => \$length,    # numeric
1580              "file=s"   => \$data,      # string
1581              "verbose"  => \$verbose)   # flag
1582  or die("Error in command line arguments\n");
1583
1584=head1 DESCRIPTION
1585
1586The Getopt::Long module implements an extended getopt function called
1587GetOptions(). It parses the command line from C<@ARGV>, recognizing
1588and removing specified options and their possible values.
1589
1590This function adheres to the POSIX syntax for command
1591line options, with GNU extensions. In general, this means that options
1592have long names instead of single letters, and are introduced with a
1593double dash "--". Support for bundling of command line options, as was
1594the case with the more traditional single-letter approach, is provided
1595but not enabled by default.
1596
1597=head1 Command Line Options, an Introduction
1598
1599Command line operated programs traditionally take their arguments from
1600the command line, for example filenames or other information that the
1601program needs to know. Besides arguments, these programs often take
1602command line I<options> as well. Options are not necessary for the
1603program to work, hence the name 'option', but are used to modify its
1604default behaviour. For example, a program could do its job quietly,
1605but with a suitable option it could provide verbose information about
1606what it did.
1607
1608Command line options come in several flavours. Historically, they are
1609preceded by a single dash C<->, and consist of a single letter.
1610
1611    -l -a -c
1612
1613Usually, these single-character options can be bundled:
1614
1615    -lac
1616
1617Options can have values, the value is placed after the option
1618character. Sometimes with whitespace in between, sometimes not:
1619
1620    -s 24 -s24
1621
1622Due to the very cryptic nature of these options, another style was
1623developed that used long names. So instead of a cryptic C<-l> one
1624could use the more descriptive C<--long>. To distinguish between a
1625bundle of single-character options and a long one, two dashes are used
1626to precede the option name. Early implementations of long options used
1627a plus C<+> instead. Also, option values could be specified either
1628like
1629
1630    --size=24
1631
1632or
1633
1634    --size 24
1635
1636The C<+> form is now obsolete and strongly deprecated.
1637
1638=head1 Getting Started with Getopt::Long
1639
1640Getopt::Long is the Perl5 successor of C<newgetopt.pl>. This was the
1641first Perl module that provided support for handling the new style of
1642command line options, in particular long option names, hence the Perl5
1643name Getopt::Long. This module also supports single-character options
1644and bundling.
1645
1646To use Getopt::Long from a Perl program, you must include the
1647following line in your Perl program:
1648
1649    use Getopt::Long;
1650
1651This will load the core of the Getopt::Long module and prepare your
1652program for using it. Most of the actual Getopt::Long code is not
1653loaded until you really call one of its functions.
1654
1655In the default configuration, options names may be abbreviated to
1656uniqueness, case does not matter, and a single dash is sufficient,
1657even for long option names. Also, options may be placed between
1658non-option arguments. See L<Configuring Getopt::Long> for more
1659details on how to configure Getopt::Long.
1660
1661=head2 Simple options
1662
1663The most simple options are the ones that take no values. Their mere
1664presence on the command line enables the option. Popular examples are:
1665
1666    --all --verbose --quiet --debug
1667
1668Handling simple options is straightforward:
1669
1670    my $verbose = '';	# option variable with default value (false)
1671    my $all = '';	# option variable with default value (false)
1672    GetOptions ('verbose' => \$verbose, 'all' => \$all);
1673
1674The call to GetOptions() parses the command line arguments that are
1675present in C<@ARGV> and sets the option variable to the value C<1> if
1676the option did occur on the command line. Otherwise, the option
1677variable is not touched. Setting the option value to true is often
1678called I<enabling> the option.
1679
1680The option name as specified to the GetOptions() function is called
1681the option I<specification>. Later we'll see that this specification
1682can contain more than just the option name. The reference to the
1683variable is called the option I<destination>.
1684
1685GetOptions() will return a true value if the command line could be
1686processed successfully. Otherwise, it will write error messages using
1687die() and warn(), and return a false result.
1688
1689=head2 A little bit less simple options
1690
1691Getopt::Long supports two useful variants of simple options:
1692I<negatable> options and I<incremental> options.
1693
1694A negatable option is specified with an exclamation mark C<!> after the
1695option name:
1696
1697    my $verbose = '';	# option variable with default value (false)
1698    GetOptions ('verbose!' => \$verbose);
1699
1700Now, using C<--verbose> on the command line will enable C<$verbose>,
1701as expected. But it is also allowed to use C<--noverbose>, which will
1702disable C<$verbose> by setting its value to C<0>. Using a suitable
1703default value, the program can find out whether C<$verbose> is false
1704by default, or disabled by using C<--noverbose>.
1705
1706An incremental option is specified with a plus C<+> after the
1707option name:
1708
1709    my $verbose = '';	# option variable with default value (false)
1710    GetOptions ('verbose+' => \$verbose);
1711
1712Using C<--verbose> on the command line will increment the value of
1713C<$verbose>. This way the program can keep track of how many times the
1714option occurred on the command line. For example, each occurrence of
1715C<--verbose> could increase the verbosity level of the program.
1716
1717=head2 Mixing command line option with other arguments
1718
1719Usually programs take command line options as well as other arguments,
1720for example, file names. It is good practice to always specify the
1721options first, and the other arguments last. Getopt::Long will,
1722however, allow the options and arguments to be mixed and 'filter out'
1723all the options before passing the rest of the arguments to the
1724program. To stop Getopt::Long from processing further arguments,
1725insert a double dash C<--> on the command line:
1726
1727    --size 24 -- --all
1728
1729In this example, C<--all> will I<not> be treated as an option, but
1730passed to the program unharmed, in C<@ARGV>.
1731
1732=head2 Options with values
1733
1734For options that take values it must be specified whether the option
1735value is required or not, and what kind of value the option expects.
1736
1737Three kinds of values are supported: integer numbers, floating point
1738numbers, and strings.
1739
1740If the option value is required, Getopt::Long will take the
1741command line argument that follows the option and assign this to the
1742option variable. If, however, the option value is specified as
1743optional, this will only be done if that value does not look like a
1744valid command line option itself.
1745
1746    my $tag = '';	# option variable with default value
1747    GetOptions ('tag=s' => \$tag);
1748
1749In the option specification, the option name is followed by an equals
1750sign C<=> and the letter C<s>. The equals sign indicates that this
1751option requires a value. The letter C<s> indicates that this value is
1752an arbitrary string. Other possible value types are C<i> for integer
1753values, and C<f> for floating point values. Using a colon C<:> instead
1754of the equals sign indicates that the option value is optional. In
1755this case, if no suitable value is supplied, string valued options get
1756an empty string C<''> assigned, while numeric options are set to C<0>.
1757
1758=head2 Options with multiple values
1759
1760Options sometimes take several values. For example, a program could
1761use multiple directories to search for library files:
1762
1763    --library lib/stdlib --library lib/extlib
1764
1765To accomplish this behaviour, simply specify an array reference as the
1766destination for the option:
1767
1768    GetOptions ("library=s" => \@libfiles);
1769
1770Alternatively, you can specify that the option can have multiple
1771values by adding a "@", and pass a reference to a scalar as the
1772destination:
1773
1774    GetOptions ("library=s@" => \$libfiles);
1775
1776Used with the example above, C<@libfiles> c.q. C<@$libfiles> would
1777contain two strings upon completion: C<"lib/stdlib"> and
1778C<"lib/extlib">, in that order. It is also possible to specify that
1779only integer or floating point numbers are acceptable values.
1780
1781Often it is useful to allow comma-separated lists of values as well as
1782multiple occurrences of the options. This is easy using Perl's split()
1783and join() operators:
1784
1785    GetOptions ("library=s" => \@libfiles);
1786    @libfiles = split(/,/,join(',',@libfiles));
1787
1788Of course, it is important to choose the right separator string for
1789each purpose.
1790
1791Warning: What follows is an experimental feature.
1792
1793Options can take multiple values at once, for example
1794
1795    --coordinates 52.2 16.4 --rgbcolor 255 255 149
1796
1797This can be accomplished by adding a repeat specifier to the option
1798specification. Repeat specifiers are very similar to the C<{...}>
1799repeat specifiers that can be used with regular expression patterns.
1800For example, the above command line would be handled as follows:
1801
1802    GetOptions('coordinates=f{2}' => \@coor, 'rgbcolor=i{3}' => \@color);
1803
1804The destination for the option must be an array or array reference.
1805
1806It is also possible to specify the minimal and maximal number of
1807arguments an option takes. C<foo=s{2,4}> indicates an option that
1808takes at least two and at most 4 arguments. C<foo=s{1,}> indicates one
1809or more values; C<foo:s{,}> indicates zero or more option values.
1810
1811=head2 Options with hash values
1812
1813If the option destination is a reference to a hash, the option will
1814take, as value, strings of the form I<key>C<=>I<value>. The value will
1815be stored with the specified key in the hash.
1816
1817    GetOptions ("define=s" => \%defines);
1818
1819Alternatively you can use:
1820
1821    GetOptions ("define=s%" => \$defines);
1822
1823When used with command line options:
1824
1825    --define os=linux --define vendor=redhat
1826
1827the hash C<%defines> (or C<%$defines>) will contain two keys, C<"os">
1828with value C<"linux"> and C<"vendor"> with value C<"redhat">. It is
1829also possible to specify that only integer or floating point numbers
1830are acceptable values. The keys are always taken to be strings.
1831
1832=head2 User-defined subroutines to handle options
1833
1834Ultimate control over what should be done when (actually: each time)
1835an option is encountered on the command line can be achieved by
1836designating a reference to a subroutine (or an anonymous subroutine)
1837as the option destination. When GetOptions() encounters the option, it
1838will call the subroutine with two or three arguments. The first
1839argument is the name of the option. (Actually, it is an object that
1840stringifies to the name of the option.) For a scalar or array destination,
1841the second argument is the value to be stored. For a hash destination,
1842the second argument is the key to the hash, and the third argument
1843the value to be stored. It is up to the subroutine to store the value,
1844or do whatever it thinks is appropriate.
1845
1846A trivial application of this mechanism is to implement options that
1847are related to each other. For example:
1848
1849    my $verbose = '';	# option variable with default value (false)
1850    GetOptions ('verbose' => \$verbose,
1851	        'quiet'   => sub { $verbose = 0 });
1852
1853Here C<--verbose> and C<--quiet> control the same variable
1854C<$verbose>, but with opposite values.
1855
1856If the subroutine needs to signal an error, it should call die() with
1857the desired error message as its argument. GetOptions() will catch the
1858die(), issue the error message, and record that an error result must
1859be returned upon completion.
1860
1861If the text of the error message starts with an exclamation mark C<!>
1862it is interpreted specially by GetOptions(). There is currently one
1863special command implemented: C<die("!FINISH")> will cause GetOptions()
1864to stop processing options, as if it encountered a double dash C<-->.
1865
1866In version 2.37 the first argument to the callback function was
1867changed from string to object. This was done to make room for
1868extensions and more detailed control. The object stringifies to the
1869option name so this change should not introduce compatibility
1870problems.
1871
1872Here is an example of how to access the option name and value from within
1873a subroutine:
1874
1875    GetOptions ('opt=i' => \&handler);
1876    sub handler {
1877        my ($opt_name, $opt_value) = @_;
1878        print("Option name is $opt_name and value is $opt_value\n");
1879    }
1880
1881=head2 Options with multiple names
1882
1883Often it is user friendly to supply alternate mnemonic names for
1884options. For example C<--height> could be an alternate name for
1885C<--length>. Alternate names can be included in the option
1886specification, separated by vertical bar C<|> characters. To implement
1887the above example:
1888
1889    GetOptions ('length|height=f' => \$length);
1890
1891The first name is called the I<primary> name, the other names are
1892called I<aliases>. When using a hash to store options, the key will
1893always be the primary name.
1894
1895Multiple alternate names are possible.
1896
1897=head2 Case and abbreviations
1898
1899Without additional configuration, GetOptions() will ignore the case of
1900option names, and allow the options to be abbreviated to uniqueness.
1901
1902    GetOptions ('length|height=f' => \$length, "head" => \$head);
1903
1904This call will allow C<--l> and C<--L> for the length option, but
1905requires a least C<--hea> and C<--hei> for the head and height options.
1906
1907=head2 Summary of Option Specifications
1908
1909Each option specifier consists of two parts: the name specification
1910and the argument specification.
1911
1912The name specification contains the name of the option, optionally
1913followed by a list of alternative names separated by vertical bar
1914characters.
1915
1916    length	      option name is "length"
1917    length|size|l     name is "length", aliases are "size" and "l"
1918
1919The argument specification is optional. If omitted, the option is
1920considered boolean, a value of 1 will be assigned when the option is
1921used on the command line.
1922
1923The argument specification can be
1924
1925=over 4
1926
1927=item !
1928
1929The option does not take an argument and may be negated by prefixing
1930it with "no" or "no-". E.g. C<"foo!"> will allow C<--foo> (a value of
19311 will be assigned) as well as C<--nofoo> and C<--no-foo> (a value of
19320 will be assigned). If the option has aliases, this applies to the
1933aliases as well.
1934
1935Using negation on a single letter option when bundling is in effect is
1936pointless and will result in a warning.
1937
1938=item +
1939
1940The option does not take an argument and will be incremented by 1
1941every time it appears on the command line. E.g. C<"more+">, when used
1942with C<--more --more --more>, will increment the value three times,
1943resulting in a value of 3 (provided it was 0 or undefined at first).
1944
1945The C<+> specifier is ignored if the option destination is not a scalar.
1946
1947=item = I<type> [ I<desttype> ] [ I<repeat> ]
1948
1949The option requires an argument of the given type. Supported types
1950are:
1951
1952=over 4
1953
1954=item s
1955
1956String. An arbitrary sequence of characters. It is valid for the
1957argument to start with C<-> or C<-->.
1958
1959=item i
1960
1961Integer. An optional leading plus or minus sign, followed by a
1962sequence of digits.
1963
1964=item o
1965
1966Extended integer, Perl style. This can be either an optional leading
1967plus or minus sign, followed by a sequence of digits, or an octal
1968string (a zero, optionally followed by '0', '1', .. '7'), or a
1969hexadecimal string (C<0x> followed by '0' .. '9', 'a' .. 'f', case
1970insensitive), or a binary string (C<0b> followed by a series of '0'
1971and '1').
1972
1973=item f
1974
1975Real number. For example C<3.14>, C<-6.23E24> and so on.
1976
1977=back
1978
1979The I<desttype> can be C<@> or C<%> to specify that the option is
1980list or a hash valued. This is only needed when the destination for
1981the option value is not otherwise specified. It should be omitted when
1982not needed.
1983
1984The I<repeat> specifies the number of values this option takes per
1985occurrence on the command line. It has the format C<{> [ I<min> ] [ C<,> [ I<max> ] ] C<}>.
1986
1987I<min> denotes the minimal number of arguments. It defaults to 1 for
1988options with C<=> and to 0 for options with C<:>, see below. Note that
1989I<min> overrules the C<=> / C<:> semantics.
1990
1991I<max> denotes the maximum number of arguments. It must be at least
1992I<min>. If I<max> is omitted, I<but the comma is not>, there is no
1993upper bound to the number of argument values taken.
1994
1995=item : I<type> [ I<desttype> ]
1996
1997Like C<=>, but designates the argument as optional.
1998If omitted, an empty string will be assigned to string values options,
1999and the value zero to numeric options.
2000
2001Note that if a string argument starts with C<-> or C<-->, it will be
2002considered an option on itself.
2003
2004=item : I<number> [ I<desttype> ]
2005
2006Like C<:i>, but if the value is omitted, the I<number> will be assigned.
2007
2008=item : + [ I<desttype> ]
2009
2010Like C<:i>, but if the value is omitted, the current value for the
2011option will be incremented.
2012
2013=back
2014
2015=head1 Advanced Possibilities
2016
2017=head2 Object oriented interface
2018
2019Getopt::Long can be used in an object oriented way as well:
2020
2021    use Getopt::Long;
2022    $p = Getopt::Long::Parser->new;
2023    $p->configure(...configuration options...);
2024    if ($p->getoptions(...options descriptions...)) ...
2025    if ($p->getoptionsfromarray( \@array, ...options descriptions...)) ...
2026
2027Configuration options can be passed to the constructor:
2028
2029    $p = new Getopt::Long::Parser
2030             config => [...configuration options...];
2031
2032=head2 Thread Safety
2033
2034Getopt::Long is thread safe when using ithreads as of Perl 5.8.  It is
2035I<not> thread safe when using the older (experimental and now
2036obsolete) threads implementation that was added to Perl 5.005.
2037
2038=head2 Documentation and help texts
2039
2040Getopt::Long encourages the use of Pod::Usage to produce help
2041messages. For example:
2042
2043    use Getopt::Long;
2044    use Pod::Usage;
2045
2046    my $man = 0;
2047    my $help = 0;
2048
2049    GetOptions('help|?' => \$help, man => \$man) or pod2usage(2);
2050    pod2usage(1) if $help;
2051    pod2usage(-exitval => 0, -verbose => 2) if $man;
2052
2053    __END__
2054
2055    =head1 NAME
2056
2057    sample - Using Getopt::Long and Pod::Usage
2058
2059    =head1 SYNOPSIS
2060
2061    sample [options] [file ...]
2062
2063     Options:
2064       -help            brief help message
2065       -man             full documentation
2066
2067    =head1 OPTIONS
2068
2069    =over 8
2070
2071    =item B<-help>
2072
2073    Print a brief help message and exits.
2074
2075    =item B<-man>
2076
2077    Prints the manual page and exits.
2078
2079    =back
2080
2081    =head1 DESCRIPTION
2082
2083    B<This program> will read the given input file(s) and do something
2084    useful with the contents thereof.
2085
2086    =cut
2087
2088See L<Pod::Usage> for details.
2089
2090=head2 Parsing options from an arbitrary array
2091
2092By default, GetOptions parses the options that are present in the
2093global array C<@ARGV>. A special entry C<GetOptionsFromArray> can be
2094used to parse options from an arbitrary array.
2095
2096    use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptionsFromArray);
2097    $ret = GetOptionsFromArray(\@myopts, ...);
2098
2099When used like this, options and their possible values are removed
2100from C<@myopts>, the global C<@ARGV> is not touched at all.
2101
2102The following two calls behave identically:
2103
2104    $ret = GetOptions( ... );
2105    $ret = GetOptionsFromArray(\@ARGV, ... );
2106
2107This also means that a first argument hash reference now becomes the
2108second argument:
2109
2110    $ret = GetOptions(\%opts, ... );
2111    $ret = GetOptionsFromArray(\@ARGV, \%opts, ... );
2112
2113=head2 Parsing options from an arbitrary string
2114
2115A special entry C<GetOptionsFromString> can be used to parse options
2116from an arbitrary string.
2117
2118    use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptionsFromString);
2119    $ret = GetOptionsFromString($string, ...);
2120
2121The contents of the string are split into arguments using a call to
2122C<Text::ParseWords::shellwords>. As with C<GetOptionsFromArray>, the
2123global C<@ARGV> is not touched.
2124
2125It is possible that, upon completion, not all arguments in the string
2126have been processed. C<GetOptionsFromString> will, when called in list
2127context, return both the return status and an array reference to any
2128remaining arguments:
2129
2130    ($ret, $args) = GetOptionsFromString($string, ... );
2131
2132If any arguments remain, and C<GetOptionsFromString> was not called in
2133list context, a message will be given and C<GetOptionsFromString> will
2134return failure.
2135
2136As with GetOptionsFromArray, a first argument hash reference now
2137becomes the second argument.
2138
2139=head2 Storing options values in a hash
2140
2141Sometimes, for example when there are a lot of options, having a
2142separate variable for each of them can be cumbersome. GetOptions()
2143supports, as an alternative mechanism, storing options values in a
2144hash.
2145
2146To obtain this, a reference to a hash must be passed I<as the first
2147argument> to GetOptions(). For each option that is specified on the
2148command line, the option value will be stored in the hash with the
2149option name as key. Options that are not actually used on the command
2150line will not be put in the hash, on other words,
2151C<exists($h{option})> (or defined()) can be used to test if an option
2152was used. The drawback is that warnings will be issued if the program
2153runs under C<use strict> and uses C<$h{option}> without testing with
2154exists() or defined() first.
2155
2156    my %h = ();
2157    GetOptions (\%h, 'length=i');	# will store in $h{length}
2158
2159For options that take list or hash values, it is necessary to indicate
2160this by appending an C<@> or C<%> sign after the type:
2161
2162    GetOptions (\%h, 'colours=s@');	# will push to @{$h{colours}}
2163
2164To make things more complicated, the hash may contain references to
2165the actual destinations, for example:
2166
2167    my $len = 0;
2168    my %h = ('length' => \$len);
2169    GetOptions (\%h, 'length=i');	# will store in $len
2170
2171This example is fully equivalent with:
2172
2173    my $len = 0;
2174    GetOptions ('length=i' => \$len);	# will store in $len
2175
2176Any mixture is possible. For example, the most frequently used options
2177could be stored in variables while all other options get stored in the
2178hash:
2179
2180    my $verbose = 0;			# frequently referred
2181    my $debug = 0;			# frequently referred
2182    my %h = ('verbose' => \$verbose, 'debug' => \$debug);
2183    GetOptions (\%h, 'verbose', 'debug', 'filter', 'size=i');
2184    if ( $verbose ) { ... }
2185    if ( exists $h{filter} ) { ... option 'filter' was specified ... }
2186
2187=head2 Bundling
2188
2189With bundling it is possible to set several single-character options
2190at once. For example if C<a>, C<v> and C<x> are all valid options,
2191
2192    -vax
2193
2194will set all three.
2195
2196Getopt::Long supports three styles of bundling. To enable bundling, a
2197call to Getopt::Long::Configure is required.
2198
2199The simplest style of bundling can be enabled with:
2200
2201    Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling");
2202
2203Configured this way, single-character options can be bundled but long
2204options B<must> always start with a double dash C<--> to avoid
2205ambiguity. For example, when C<vax>, C<a>, C<v> and C<x> are all valid
2206options,
2207
2208    -vax
2209
2210will set C<a>, C<v> and C<x>, but
2211
2212    --vax
2213
2214will set C<vax>.
2215
2216The second style of bundling lifts this restriction. It can be enabled
2217with:
2218
2219    Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling_override");
2220
2221Now, C<-vax> will set the option C<vax>.
2222
2223In all of the above cases, option values may be inserted in the
2224bundle. For example:
2225
2226    -h24w80
2227
2228is equivalent to
2229
2230    -h 24 -w 80
2231
2232A third style of bundling allows only values to be bundled with
2233options. It can be enabled with:
2234
2235    Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling_values");
2236
2237Now, C<-h24> will set the option C<h> to C<24>, but option bundles
2238like C<-vxa> and C<-h24w80> are flagged as errors.
2239
2240Enabling C<bundling_values> will disable the other two styles of
2241bundling.
2242
2243When configured for bundling, single-character options are matched
2244case sensitive while long options are matched case insensitive. To
2245have the single-character options matched case insensitive as well,
2246use:
2247
2248    Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling", "ignorecase_always");
2249
2250It goes without saying that bundling can be quite confusing.
2251
2252=head2 The lonesome dash
2253
2254Normally, a lone dash C<-> on the command line will not be considered
2255an option. Option processing will terminate (unless "permute" is
2256configured) and the dash will be left in C<@ARGV>.
2257
2258It is possible to get special treatment for a lone dash. This can be
2259achieved by adding an option specification with an empty name, for
2260example:
2261
2262    GetOptions ('' => \$stdio);
2263
2264A lone dash on the command line will now be a legal option, and using
2265it will set variable C<$stdio>.
2266
2267=head2 Argument callback
2268
2269A special option 'name' C<< <> >> can be used to designate a subroutine
2270to handle non-option arguments. When GetOptions() encounters an
2271argument that does not look like an option, it will immediately call this
2272subroutine and passes it one parameter: the argument name. Well, actually
2273it is an object that stringifies to the argument name.
2274
2275For example:
2276
2277    my $width = 80;
2278    sub process { ... }
2279    GetOptions ('width=i' => \$width, '<>' => \&process);
2280
2281When applied to the following command line:
2282
2283    arg1 --width=72 arg2 --width=60 arg3
2284
2285This will call
2286C<process("arg1")> while C<$width> is C<80>,
2287C<process("arg2")> while C<$width> is C<72>, and
2288C<process("arg3")> while C<$width> is C<60>.
2289
2290This feature requires configuration option B<permute>, see section
2291L<Configuring Getopt::Long>.
2292
2293=head1 Configuring Getopt::Long
2294
2295Getopt::Long can be configured by calling subroutine
2296Getopt::Long::Configure(). This subroutine takes a list of quoted
2297strings, each specifying a configuration option to be enabled, e.g.
2298C<ignore_case>, or disabled, e.g. C<no_ignore_case>. Case does not
2299matter. Multiple calls to Configure() are possible.
2300
2301Alternatively, as of version 2.24, the configuration options may be
2302passed together with the C<use> statement:
2303
2304    use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_ignore_case bundling);
2305
2306The following options are available:
2307
2308=over 12
2309
2310=item default
2311
2312This option causes all configuration options to be reset to their
2313default values.
2314
2315=item posix_default
2316
2317This option causes all configuration options to be reset to their
2318default values as if the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT had
2319been set.
2320
2321=item auto_abbrev
2322
2323Allow option names to be abbreviated to uniqueness.
2324Default is enabled unless environment variable
2325POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case C<auto_abbrev> is disabled.
2326
2327=item getopt_compat
2328
2329Allow C<+> to start options.
2330Default is enabled unless environment variable
2331POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case C<getopt_compat> is disabled.
2332
2333=item gnu_compat
2334
2335C<gnu_compat> controls whether C<--opt=> is allowed, and what it should
2336do. Without C<gnu_compat>, C<--opt=> gives an error. With C<gnu_compat>,
2337C<--opt=> will give option C<opt> and empty value.
2338This is the way GNU getopt_long() does it.
2339
2340Note that C<--opt value> is still accepted, even though GNU
2341getopt_long() doesn't.
2342
2343=item gnu_getopt
2344
2345This is a short way of setting C<gnu_compat> C<bundling> C<permute>
2346C<no_getopt_compat>. With C<gnu_getopt>, command line handling should be
2347reasonably compatible with GNU getopt_long().
2348
2349=item require_order
2350
2351Whether command line arguments are allowed to be mixed with options.
2352Default is disabled unless environment variable
2353POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case C<require_order> is enabled.
2354
2355See also C<permute>, which is the opposite of C<require_order>.
2356
2357=item permute
2358
2359Whether command line arguments are allowed to be mixed with options.
2360Default is enabled unless environment variable
2361POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case C<permute> is disabled.
2362Note that C<permute> is the opposite of C<require_order>.
2363
2364If C<permute> is enabled, this means that
2365
2366    --foo arg1 --bar arg2 arg3
2367
2368is equivalent to
2369
2370    --foo --bar arg1 arg2 arg3
2371
2372If an argument callback routine is specified, C<@ARGV> will always be
2373empty upon successful return of GetOptions() since all options have been
2374processed. The only exception is when C<--> is used:
2375
2376    --foo arg1 --bar arg2 -- arg3
2377
2378This will call the callback routine for arg1 and arg2, and then
2379terminate GetOptions() leaving C<"arg3"> in C<@ARGV>.
2380
2381If C<require_order> is enabled, options processing
2382terminates when the first non-option is encountered.
2383
2384    --foo arg1 --bar arg2 arg3
2385
2386is equivalent to
2387
2388    --foo -- arg1 --bar arg2 arg3
2389
2390If C<pass_through> is also enabled, options processing will terminate
2391at the first unrecognized option, or non-option, whichever comes
2392first.
2393
2394=item bundling (default: disabled)
2395
2396Enabling this option will allow single-character options to be
2397bundled. To distinguish bundles from long option names, long options
2398I<must> be introduced with C<--> and bundles with C<->.
2399
2400Note that, if you have options C<a>, C<l> and C<all>, and
2401auto_abbrev enabled, possible arguments and option settings are:
2402
2403    using argument               sets option(s)
2404    ------------------------------------------
2405    -a, --a                      a
2406    -l, --l                      l
2407    -al, -la, -ala, -all,...     a, l
2408    --al, --all                  all
2409
2410The surprising part is that C<--a> sets option C<a> (due to auto
2411completion), not C<all>.
2412
2413Note: disabling C<bundling> also disables C<bundling_override>.
2414
2415=item bundling_override (default: disabled)
2416
2417If C<bundling_override> is enabled, bundling is enabled as with
2418C<bundling> but now long option names override option bundles.
2419
2420Note: disabling C<bundling_override> also disables C<bundling>.
2421
2422B<Note:> Using option bundling can easily lead to unexpected results,
2423especially when mixing long options and bundles. Caveat emptor.
2424
2425=item ignore_case  (default: enabled)
2426
2427If enabled, case is ignored when matching option names. If, however,
2428bundling is enabled as well, single character options will be treated
2429case-sensitive.
2430
2431With C<ignore_case>, option specifications for options that only
2432differ in case, e.g., C<"foo"> and C<"Foo">, will be flagged as
2433duplicates.
2434
2435Note: disabling C<ignore_case> also disables C<ignore_case_always>.
2436
2437=item ignore_case_always (default: disabled)
2438
2439When bundling is in effect, case is ignored on single-character
2440options also.
2441
2442Note: disabling C<ignore_case_always> also disables C<ignore_case>.
2443
2444=item auto_version (default:disabled)
2445
2446Automatically provide support for the B<--version> option if
2447the application did not specify a handler for this option itself.
2448
2449Getopt::Long will provide a standard version message that includes the
2450program name, its version (if $main::VERSION is defined), and the
2451versions of Getopt::Long and Perl. The message will be written to
2452standard output and processing will terminate.
2453
2454C<auto_version> will be enabled if the calling program explicitly
2455specified a version number higher than 2.32 in the C<use> or
2456C<require> statement.
2457
2458=item auto_help (default:disabled)
2459
2460Automatically provide support for the B<--help> and B<-?> options if
2461the application did not specify a handler for this option itself.
2462
2463Getopt::Long will provide a help message using module L<Pod::Usage>. The
2464message, derived from the SYNOPSIS POD section, will be written to
2465standard output and processing will terminate.
2466
2467C<auto_help> will be enabled if the calling program explicitly
2468specified a version number higher than 2.32 in the C<use> or
2469C<require> statement.
2470
2471=item pass_through (default: disabled)
2472
2473With C<pass_through> anything that is unknown, ambiguous or supplied with
2474an invalid option will not be flagged as an error. Instead the unknown
2475option(s) will be passed to the catchall C<< <> >> if present, otherwise
2476through to C<@ARGV>. This makes it possible to write wrapper scripts that
2477process only part of the user supplied command line arguments, and pass the
2478remaining options to some other program.
2479
2480If C<require_order> is enabled, options processing will terminate at the
2481first unrecognized option, or non-option, whichever comes first and all
2482remaining arguments are passed to C<@ARGV> instead of the catchall
2483C<< <> >> if present.  However, if C<permute> is enabled instead, results
2484can become confusing.
2485
2486Note that the options terminator (default C<-->), if present, will
2487also be passed through in C<@ARGV>.
2488
2489=item prefix
2490
2491The string that starts options. If a constant string is not
2492sufficient, see C<prefix_pattern>.
2493
2494=item prefix_pattern
2495
2496A Perl pattern that identifies the strings that introduce options.
2497Default is C<--|-|\+> unless environment variable
2498POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case it is C<--|->.
2499
2500=item long_prefix_pattern
2501
2502A Perl pattern that allows the disambiguation of long and short
2503prefixes. Default is C<-->.
2504
2505Typically you only need to set this if you are using nonstandard
2506prefixes and want some or all of them to have the same semantics as
2507'--' does under normal circumstances.
2508
2509For example, setting prefix_pattern to C<--|-|\+|\/> and
2510long_prefix_pattern to C<--|\/> would add Win32 style argument
2511handling.
2512
2513=item debug (default: disabled)
2514
2515Enable debugging output.
2516
2517=back
2518
2519=head1 Exportable Methods
2520
2521=over
2522
2523=item VersionMessage
2524
2525This subroutine provides a standard version message. Its argument can be:
2526
2527=over 4
2528
2529=item *
2530
2531A string containing the text of a message to print I<before> printing
2532the standard message.
2533
2534=item *
2535
2536A numeric value corresponding to the desired exit status.
2537
2538=item *
2539
2540A reference to a hash.
2541
2542=back
2543
2544If more than one argument is given then the entire argument list is
2545assumed to be a hash.  If a hash is supplied (either as a reference or
2546as a list) it should contain one or more elements with the following
2547keys:
2548
2549=over 4
2550
2551=item C<-message>
2552
2553=item C<-msg>
2554
2555The text of a message to print immediately prior to printing the
2556program's usage message.
2557
2558=item C<-exitval>
2559
2560The desired exit status to pass to the B<exit()> function.
2561This should be an integer, or else the string "NOEXIT" to
2562indicate that control should simply be returned without
2563terminating the invoking process.
2564
2565=item C<-output>
2566
2567A reference to a filehandle, or the pathname of a file to which the
2568usage message should be written. The default is C<\*STDERR> unless the
2569exit value is less than 2 (in which case the default is C<\*STDOUT>).
2570
2571=back
2572
2573You cannot tie this routine directly to an option, e.g.:
2574
2575    GetOptions("version" => \&VersionMessage);
2576
2577Use this instead:
2578
2579    GetOptions("version" => sub { VersionMessage() });
2580
2581=item HelpMessage
2582
2583This subroutine produces a standard help message, derived from the
2584program's POD section SYNOPSIS using L<Pod::Usage>. It takes the same
2585arguments as VersionMessage(). In particular, you cannot tie it
2586directly to an option, e.g.:
2587
2588    GetOptions("help" => \&HelpMessage);
2589
2590Use this instead:
2591
2592    GetOptions("help" => sub { HelpMessage() });
2593
2594=back
2595
2596=head1 Return values and Errors
2597
2598Configuration errors and errors in the option definitions are
2599signalled using die() and will terminate the calling program unless
2600the call to Getopt::Long::GetOptions() was embedded in C<eval { ...
2601}>, or die() was trapped using C<$SIG{__DIE__}>.
2602
2603GetOptions returns true to indicate success.
2604It returns false when the function detected one or more errors during
2605option parsing. These errors are signalled using warn() and can be
2606trapped with C<$SIG{__WARN__}>.
2607
2608=head1 Legacy
2609
2610The earliest development of C<newgetopt.pl> started in 1990, with Perl
2611version 4. As a result, its development, and the development of
2612Getopt::Long, has gone through several stages. Since backward
2613compatibility has always been extremely important, the current version
2614of Getopt::Long still supports a lot of constructs that nowadays are
2615no longer necessary or otherwise unwanted. This section describes
2616briefly some of these 'features'.
2617
2618=head2 Default destinations
2619
2620When no destination is specified for an option, GetOptions will store
2621the resultant value in a global variable named C<opt_>I<XXX>, where
2622I<XXX> is the primary name of this option. When a program executes
2623under C<use strict> (recommended), these variables must be
2624pre-declared with our() or C<use vars>.
2625
2626    our $opt_length = 0;
2627    GetOptions ('length=i');	# will store in $opt_length
2628
2629To yield a usable Perl variable, characters that are not part of the
2630syntax for variables are translated to underscores. For example,
2631C<--fpp-struct-return> will set the variable
2632C<$opt_fpp_struct_return>. Note that this variable resides in the
2633namespace of the calling program, not necessarily C<main>. For
2634example:
2635
2636    GetOptions ("size=i", "sizes=i@");
2637
2638with command line "-size 10 -sizes 24 -sizes 48" will perform the
2639equivalent of the assignments
2640
2641    $opt_size = 10;
2642    @opt_sizes = (24, 48);
2643
2644=head2 Alternative option starters
2645
2646A string of alternative option starter characters may be passed as the
2647first argument (or the first argument after a leading hash reference
2648argument).
2649
2650    my $len = 0;
2651    GetOptions ('/', 'length=i' => $len);
2652
2653Now the command line may look like:
2654
2655    /length 24 -- arg
2656
2657Note that to terminate options processing still requires a double dash
2658C<-->.
2659
2660GetOptions() will not interpret a leading C<< "<>" >> as option starters
2661if the next argument is a reference. To force C<< "<" >> and C<< ">" >> as
2662option starters, use C<< "><" >>. Confusing? Well, B<using a starter
2663argument is strongly deprecated> anyway.
2664
2665=head2 Configuration variables
2666
2667Previous versions of Getopt::Long used variables for the purpose of
2668configuring. Although manipulating these variables still work, it is
2669strongly encouraged to use the C<Configure> routine that was introduced
2670in version 2.17. Besides, it is much easier.
2671
2672=head1 Tips and Techniques
2673
2674=head2 Pushing multiple values in a hash option
2675
2676Sometimes you want to combine the best of hashes and arrays. For
2677example, the command line:
2678
2679  --list add=first --list add=second --list add=third
2680
2681where each successive 'list add' option will push the value of add
2682into array ref $list->{'add'}. The result would be like
2683
2684  $list->{add} = [qw(first second third)];
2685
2686This can be accomplished with a destination routine:
2687
2688  GetOptions('list=s%' =>
2689               sub { push(@{$list{$_[1]}}, $_[2]) });
2690
2691=head1 Troubleshooting
2692
2693=head2 GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not supplied
2694
2695That's why they're called 'options'.
2696
2697=head2 GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
2698
2699The command line is not split by GetOptions, but by the command line
2700interpreter (CLI). On Unix, this is the shell. On Windows, it is
2701COMMAND.COM or CMD.EXE. Other operating systems have other CLIs.
2702
2703It is important to know that these CLIs may behave different when the
2704command line contains special characters, in particular quotes or
2705backslashes. For example, with Unix shells you can use single quotes
2706(C<'>) and double quotes (C<">) to group words together. The following
2707alternatives are equivalent on Unix:
2708
2709    "two words"
2710    'two words'
2711    two\ words
2712
2713In case of doubt, insert the following statement in front of your Perl
2714program:
2715
2716    print STDERR (join("|",@ARGV),"\n");
2717
2718to verify how your CLI passes the arguments to the program.
2719
2720=head2 Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
2721
2722Are you running Windows, and did you write
2723
2724    use GetOpt::Long;
2725
2726(note the capital 'O')?
2727
2728=head2 How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
2729
2730You can only obtain this using an alias, and Getopt::Long of at least
2731version 2.13.
2732
2733    use Getopt::Long;
2734    GetOptions ("help|?");    # -help and -? will both set $opt_help
2735
2736Other characters that can't appear in Perl identifiers are also supported
2737as aliases with Getopt::Long of at least version 2.39.
2738
2739As of version 2.32 Getopt::Long provides auto-help, a quick and easy way
2740to add the options --help and -? to your program, and handle them.
2741
2742See C<auto_help> in section L<Configuring Getopt::Long>.
2743
2744=head1 AUTHOR
2745
2746Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
2747
2748=head1 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
2749
2750This program is Copyright 1990,2015 by Johan Vromans.
2751This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
2752modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License or the
2753GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
2754Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
2755later version.
2756
2757This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
2758but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
2759MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
2760GNU General Public License for more details.
2761
2762If you do not have a copy of the GNU General Public License write to
2763the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge,
2764MA 02139, USA.
2765
2766=cut
2767
2768