Indeed, the example seems to contradict the text:
The behaviour shown is entirely predictable. I'd also argue that it's
desirable, although I guess that it's subjective.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: imacat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:01 AM
>To: Perl Module Authors
>Subject: Re: RFC: Getopt::Modern
>
>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:21:04 +0200
>Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> * lacks predictable behaviour
>> I fail to see your point here. Options are handled from left to
>> right, which makes perfect sense.
>
> I have watched the on-line slide. The slide said:
>
>============
>* lacks predictable behaviour
> * users are too unpredictable
>GetOptions(
> 'foo' => \$foo,
> 'no-foo' => sub {$foo = 0},
>);
>print "$foo\n";
>
>$ a_program --foo --no-foo
>0
>
>$ a_program --no-foo --foo
>1
>============
>
>To Eric,
>
> I'm not against new modules at all. I'm also new here. But I
>really can't see the point here. I though that is the desired
>behavior,
>isn't it? What do you think is "right" on that example? Croak? Return
>1 on both cases? Return 0 on both cases?
>
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