Typo fix : caller:: isn't caller
[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / getopts.pl
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a687059c 1;# getopts.pl - a better getopt.pl
a6d71656 2#
3# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
5#
6# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
7# programming techniques.
8#
9# Suggested alternatives: Getopt::Long or Getopt::Std
22059276 10
11warn( "The 'getopts.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
12 . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
13 . " Getopt::Long or Getopt::Std module instead." );
14
a687059c 15;# Usage:
16;# do Getopts('a:bc'); # -a takes arg. -b & -c not. Sets opt_* as a
17;# # side effect.
18
19sub Getopts {
20 local($argumentative) = @_;
55204971 21 local(@args,$_,$first,$rest);
22 local($errs) = 0;
a60e505a 23 local($[) = 0;
a687059c 24
25 @args = split( / */, $argumentative );
55204971 26 while(@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) =~ /^-(.)(.*)/) {
a60e505a 27 ($first,$rest) = ($1,$2);
28 $pos = index($argumentative,$first);
29 if($pos >= $[) {
30 if($args[$pos+1] eq ':') {
31 shift(@ARGV);
32 if($rest eq '') {
33 ++$errs unless(@ARGV);
34 $rest = shift(@ARGV);
35 }
36 eval "
37 push(\@opt_$first, \$rest);
b1fd7ccc 38 if (!defined \$opt_$first or \$opt_$first eq '') {
a60e505a 39 \$opt_$first = \$rest;
40 }
41 else {
42 \$opt_$first .= ' ' . \$rest;
43 }
44 ";
45 }
46 else {
47 eval "\$opt_$first = 1";
48 if($rest eq '') {
49 shift(@ARGV);
50 }
51 else {
52 $ARGV[0] = "-$rest";
53 }
54 }
a687059c 55 }
56 else {
a60e505a 57 print STDERR "Unknown option: $first\n";
58 ++$errs;
59 if($rest ne '') {
60 $ARGV[0] = "-$rest";
61 }
62 else {
63 shift(@ARGV);
64 }
a687059c 65 }
a687059c 66 }
ac58e20f 67 $errs == 0;
a687059c 68}
69
701;