On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:38:48PM -0400, Chris Fuhrman wrote:
> Recently I uploaded a module called LinePrinter
> (LinePrinter-0.10.tar.gz) under the name CFUHRMAN. Unfortunately, I was
> not aware of the naming conventions at the time and realized that having
> one's module in a top-level area is probably not a Good Idea<tm>.
>
> The purpose of this module is to provide a method for perl programmers to
> talk to remote print servers without having to create a pipe to lp or
> lpr. I'm willing to rename the module (at least to give it more exposure
> *G*) and I believe that having it under the Net:: hierarchy would be the
> most logical choice (e.g. Net::LinePrinter or Net::RemotePrinter).
>
> Other suggestions and comments would be appreciated!
Net:: makes sense. Unless your module only works on printers that
make a `zzt zzt' noise, though, I wouldn't recommend `LinePrinter'. The
`Remote' part is also implicit in `Net'.
How about Net::LPR or Net::Printer?
Peace,
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