On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, kellan wrote: > You don't think that will cut into broad acceptance? I think ideally > DateTime could be treated as a base Perl data type, but I worry about > module authors adopting it for internal use if it adds an XS dependency. > At least until DT ships in the core.
I'm not writing DT with the intention of getting it into the core, nor would I expect that to happen. > Might it be possible to learn something from the way XML::SAX offers a > PurePerl impl? I certainly know how to do this (my Params::Validate module has both XS and Perl implementations) but I'm not sure it's worth it. Depending on XS isn't a big deal in and of itself. The problem is that it requires installers to have a compiler, which some pathetic, crippled, broken OS's don't include by default ;) The C code in question is very simple, so I'm not worried about it having any cross-platform problems. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
