On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 12:45:39AM +0000, Steve Martina wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently applied for a directory on CPAN and I'm all set to
> contribute my first module. My userID is "SMART" (ironic, huh?).
> I would like to use the namespace DBI::DBObject, because:
>
> - the module builds on DBI. It takes most of the SQL out - in fact you
> don't need to know SQL to use it.
> - the module is an OO superclass providing common methods for things that
> live in a database, such as users (table 'user' would contain records of
> users). Class=table and Instance=record.
>
> Any reason I shouldn't use this namespace? Given that the module is fully
> OO, the only place the namespace will crop in scripts that use() it will be
> in their @ISA or use base().
The DBI::* namespace is reserved. There's a thriving DBIx::* namespace
specifically for closely related extensions.
Tim.
