Changes for version 0.62
- x [prog] matches "prog" only. [/prog/] matches by regular expression. In version 0.61, the section [list] would match ($app =~ /list/). In version 0.62, the section [list] only matches ($app eq "list"), while [/list/] matches ($app =~ /list/). x type="/regexp/" matches regexp. unknown types ignored. In version 0.61, an option type which was not one of the known option types (integer, float, date, datetime, etc.), was considered automatically as a regular expression. In version 0.62, only types which take the form "/regexp/" are actually regular expressions. All other unknown "types" are ignored. This sets the groundwork for better forward-compatibility when new types are introduced, they will not break older versions of the code. It also just seems clearer. x "show_all" option - shows all defined options, not just in [ options ] In version 0.61, the --help option would show all variables defined in the code, on the command line, or in any of the files (i.e.show_all=1). However, if the "options" argument is used in the init() method in the code, only those enumerated options would be shown (i.e. show_all=0). In version 0.62, the same behavior applies unless the "show_all" parameter is given explicitly. x quoting, var = " hello world " In version 0.61, variable values in the option file had leading and trailing spaces removed. This meant that a value of a single space was not possible. In version 0.62, the same behavior applies. However, if the remaining text starts with " and ends with ", those quote marks are removed. i.e. var = " " will result in the value of a single space, and message = "Hello world. " will have a trailing space. x check list of configurable environment vars ("env") instead of "APP_${uc_var}" In version 0.61, variable values could be supplied by specifying the variable prefixed with "APP_". (i.e. "path" could be specified with "APP_PATH") In version 0.62, a list of environment variable names may be given and the first with a supplied value is used for the value. (i.e. options => { path => { env => "PATH" } } will cause the "path" variable to be set from the "PATH" environment variable.)
Modules
combine command line options, environment vars, and option file values