Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Hi,
I intend to package libgetargs-long-perl, a.k.a. Getargs::Long. It's indirectly needed by at least one package already in the archive (!), and it seems a generally useful thing to have anyway. Think of the style of argument passing accepted by CGI.pm - foo(-name => value) - if you like. Package: libgetargs-long-perl Version: 0.1.3-1 Section: interpreters Priority: optional Architecture: all Depends: perl (>= 5.6.1), liblog-agent-perl Installed-Size: 112 Maintainer: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: Perl module to parse long function arguments The Getargs::Long module allows usage of named parameters in function calls, along with optional argument type-checking. It provides an easy way to get at the parameters within the routine, and yields concise descriptions for the common cases of all-mandatory and all-optional parameter lists. . The validation of arguments can be done by a structure-driven routine getargs() which is fine for infrequently called routines (but should be slower), or via a dedicated routine created and compiled on the fly the first time it is needed, by using the cgetargs() family (expected to be faster). . The Log::Agent module is used to report errors, which leaves to the application the choice of the final logging method: to a file, to STDERR, or to syslog. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
