On Jan 4, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Ovid wrote:
--- Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Me too, except for how it reads in the 'use' statement.
use aka 'Really::Long::Module::Name';
Yeah, that bugs me too. Still, aka.pm is the name I lean toward.
I still don't understand the semantics of the above. To what is Really::Long::Module::Name being aliased? The current package?
It any case, it seems that 'alias.pm' might get confused with 'Alias.pm'.
Which is my problem with 'alias.'
I think "aka" doesn't read very well at all. If I expand "use aka 'Foo::Bar'" or "use aka 'Foo::Bar' as 'Baz'" out in my brain, it'll be "use also known as Foo::Bar" or "use also known as 'Foo::Bar' as 'Baz'", which is nonsensical.
It would seem better to use a noun there, perhaps something like "use alias 'Baz' for 'Foo::Bar'", or even just exploit perl's natural pairing syntax: "use alias 'Foo::Bar' => 'Baz'".
ooh yes, just like use constant. Throwing out another idea:
use rename 'Foo::Bar' => 'Baz';
David
