Option and Configuration Processing Made Easy

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Abstract
Many useful programs take arguments and configuration options. It's easy to add one or two, but as your program gains more features, the difficulty of allowing configuration concisely and intelligently also grows.

This talk demonstrates how to unify argument and configuration processing in a way that keeps your code readable and concise, and also simplifies the interface for end-users.

For more details and examples, read my article about this sibject at http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/07/12/options-and-configuration.html.