On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:43:10 +0100, Nigel Rantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dominic Mitchell wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:34:39 +0100, Nigel Rantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> This is an excellent oppurtunity for you to release a CPAN module of >> your own, which simply imports all his code using: >> >> *foo = \&Module::foo; >> >> And exports it normally using Exporter. It's probably the easiest way >> of getting things working. You might even convince the author to >> include it in the main distribution... > > Obviously this appeals to some part of me but I would much rather work > with him and provide some decent arguments for it rather than simply > asserting something to be true or treating the author as an obstacle to > be overcome. Two points of view that seem rather common.
Well, you could write it, propose it to him and point out that if he includes it, it'll make life easier for those users who /do/ want things to work that way, whilst not being an issue for those who don't. -Dom -- | Semantico: creators of major online resources | | URL: http://www.semantico.com/ | | Tel: +44 (1273) 722222 | | Address: 33 Bond St., Brighton, Sussex, BN1 1RD, UK. |
