namespace question

Hi all,

I have a module I would like to prepare for inclusion in CPAN. I've been struggling

for a while about what to call it and would like some feedback. I guess the best way

to do it is to tell you the name and what it does, sort of a pre-namespace-registration.

The best name I've come up for it is Data::Grouper.

This is a module I developed for use with HTML::Template, although it looks like

it will work nicely with Template toolkit and Text::Template. Basically, it takes

data, typically from a DBI source although this is a loose coupling, and does two

things:

1. Creates an array ref / hash ref nested structure, arbitrarily deep, with breaks

on whatever columns you need breaks on

2. Can compute aggregate functions, at every break level, of the data

It has some other nifty features but that's the basics. This makes it much easier

to create certain types of web pages summarizing and grouping data at multiple levels.

The only thing similar I've found is Data::Reporter. It has a concept of breaks, but takes

a different approach to output. This module is really meant to work with DBI and a

templating module.

Any comments on the name? Am I on the right track? I want to start cleaning it up

for distribution but I'm going to wait until I'm reasonably sure what the name will

ultimately be.

Thanks,

David Ferrance

Principle, M3 Partners, Inc.

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