Re: perlrun.pod lies :)

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

> :   % perl -s prog -foo -bar -this-works --this-stops processing
> 
> I doubt it'd break anything to fix it.  If anyone has used -- to stop
> arg processing, they won't have stuck anything but whitespace after it.

Allowing command-line options with a leading -- would allow for less
module overhead for command-line options parsing.    

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