Moin,

David Landgren wrote:
> Hey! It's been over two months since we last had one of these
> suggestions!
>
> I did battle with a module that shall remain nameless the other day.
> I had a difficult time figuring out how to use it. In times like
> these, I like being about to go to the build directory and p(aw|ore)
> through the eg/ directory and take a script and bend it into a

Whats the /eg directory you speak of? :D

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 18:13, Adam Kennedy wrote:

[snip]
> I have a shitload of distributions, mostly small components.
>
> For all those component distributions I consider it a failure if it is
> so complex that you need something more than just three or four lines
> from the SYNOPSIS.

> How about we penalise anything with a eg/example directory, for not
> having clear enough documentation, or a clean enough design/API. :)

> There's a lot of reasons for not having an eg/ directory, unless your
> distribution is huge and complicated, like say bioperl.

You are contradicting yourself :)

My modules are usually so feature crammed that they need a few examples 
for showing what you can all do with it or to enable the user oto use the 
modul without having to write/use perl code first.

Best wishes,

Tels

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