NAME
    Getopt::Long::Less - Like Getopt::Long, but with less features

VERSION
    This document describes version 0.091 of Getopt::Long::Less (from Perl
    distribution Getopt-Long-Less), released on 2023-05-04.

DESCRIPTION
    This module is a reimplementation of Getopt::Long, with less
    features/configurability. Only the subset which I'm currently using
    (which I think already serves a lot of common use cases for a lot of
    people too) is implemented.

    Only three functions are implemented: GetOptions, GetOptionsFromArray,
    and Configure.

    No configuring from "use" statement. No OO interface.

    Much much less modes/configuration. No support for POSIXLY_CORRECT. We
    always do bundling (*this is not Getopt::Long's default*), we never
    ignore case (*this is not Getopt::Long's default*), we always permute,
    we always autoabbreviate, we always do GNU compatibility (allow
    "--opt=VAL" in addition to "--opt VAL" including allowing "--opt="), we
    never do getopt_compat. Basically currently there's no mode you can
    configure (although pass_through might be added in the future).

    No autoversion, no autohelp. No support to configure prefix pattern.

    No support for GetOptions' "hash storage mode" (where the first argument
    is a hashref) nor "classic mode" (where destination is not explicitly
    specified). Basically, the arguments need to be pairs of option
    specifications and destinations.

    Currently no support for arrayref destination (e.g. ""foo=s" => \@ary").
    No support for array desttype ("'foo=s@' => ...").

    Also, this module requires 5.010.

    So what's good about this module? Slightly less compile time overhead,
    due to less code. This should not matter for most people. I just like
    squeezing out milliseconds from startup overhead of my CLI scripts.
    That's it :-)

HOMEPAGE
    Please visit the project's homepage at
    <https://metacpan.org/release/Getopt-Long-Less>.

SOURCE
    Source repository is at
    <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Getopt-Long-Less>.

SEE ALSO
    Getopt::Long

    If you want *more* features intead of less, try Getopt::Long::More.

    Benchmarks in Bencher::Scenario::GetoptModules

AUTHOR
    perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING
    To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull
    requests on GitHub.

    Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You
    can simply modify the code, then test via:

     % prove -l

    If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally
    on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla,
    Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR,
    Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
    other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps
    required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2019, 2016, 2015 by perlancar
    <perlancar@cpan.org>.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
    <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Getopt-Long-Less>

    When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
    to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.