A. Pagaltzis writes: > * Smylers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-02 22:10]: > > > Eric Wilhelm writes: > > > > > I'm working on CAD::DXF for now, > > > > "Cad" is a well-known acronym. I have no use for anything > > cad-related in my life at the moment, so I know that I can > > safely ignore that module. But as it happens, referring to DXF > > in the context of cad is enough to prompt me into recollecting > > that .dxf is an AutoCad file extension. > > Are we reinventing MIME types now?
No. Mime media types only apply to file formats; Cpan modules cover much more than that. > Let?s just stick with > > Process::video::x_flv > Process::application::x_shockwave_flash > Process::image::x_dxf <Snip> But that's still grouping together all file-format-related modules (under Process::), rather than grouping them by function. It does make sense for CAD::DXF and CAD::Calc to be in the same namespace as each other, and grouping all the file-format modules together prevents that from happening, whether it's the truly awful FF:: or the mostly meaningless Process:: (surely nearly all Cpan modules perform some kind of processing?). DateTime::Format::Mail is a good name for a module; you can see that it is part of the DateTime project and is for processing dates as used in e-mails. Naming it Process::RFC822::DateTime (or similar) is not an improvement. Smylers -- May God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done.
