Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread David Manura
In the beginning, we could just do this: Hello World! Then, they wanted us to do this: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> Hello World! Now, who can remember "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> ? It's irrelevant! "html-4.01-en" would suffice, assuming a "st

Re: [Class::MultiList] Need feedback for first distribution

2004-01-19 Thread David Manura
Hi Ruslan, Do you have a link? or some POD documentation? -davidm Ruslan U. Zakirov wrote: Hello. I'm planning to do my first CPAN upload. I realy need some feedback. Reasons: 1) Module is very simple, but I like it and use it. 2) I didn't find any similar on CPAN. Questions:

Re: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Daniel Staal
--As off Monday, January 19, 2004 11:03 AM -0600, Chris Josephes is alleged to have said: I have enough trouble remembering APIs without trying to remember whether I need to load something in namespace of William, Will, Bill, Willie, or Willy. Why would that be? I mean, the odds are if you're d

[Class::MultiList] Need feedback for first distribution

2004-01-19 Thread Ruslan U. Zakirov
Hello. I'm planning to do my first CPAN upload. I realy need some feedback. Reasons: 1) Module is very simple, but I like it and use it. 2) I didn't find any similar on CPAN. Questions: 1) I'm not native English speaker, so I want some feedback about Name.

RE: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Chris Josephes
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Orton, Yves wrote: > Also, the author namespaces issue is problematic in that how would you > determine whose version is the latest, or correct or whatever. > Version numbering is an authorship issue. If I took over module Widget from author XYZ, I'd probably use higher vers

Re: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Chris Josephes
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mark Stosberg wrote: > And then the 1000 people who use their module can all do a find and > replace on all places where they have referenced the the module name > with the other authors ids. > The namespaces don't have to change overnight. > And what happens when module aut

Re: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:42:09AM -0600, Chris Josephes wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mark Stosberg wrote: > > > I would rather CPAN be wide at the top level than have un-intuitive > > names. The author based system will also become more difficult when > > authors change hands, disappear, or ther

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Chris Josephes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 15:46]: > Searching doesn't have to be limited to the name of the module > itself. Almost everything in CPAN has POD documentation, which > could be parsed, or there could be extensions to Makefile.PL > (or maybe META.yml files, for people that go i

Namespace for Ham Radio modules...

2004-01-19 Thread FooBard
Hiya all, i wish to upload a bunch of modules to cpan, but in light of the notes they have for contributors i am wondering (/and/ talking) about namespace before i do anything silly ;) the modules i initally have to upload are a bunch of modules for remote computer control of Uniden radio freque

RE: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? ) > > I would rather CPAN be wide at the top level than have un-intuitive > > names. The author based system will also become more difficult when > > authors change hands, disappear, or there are mult

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread Chris Josephes
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Chris Josephes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 14:39]: > > I think sooner or later, we're all going to have to bite the > > bullet and go with Java class naming conventions, like > > IMO, it is of the essence that modules have descriptive names. > Other

Re: cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Chris Josephes
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mark Stosberg wrote: > I would rather CPAN be wide at the top level than have un-intuitive > names. The author based system will also become more difficult when > authors change hands, disappear, or there are multiple authors. There's kind of a trade-off here. Right now, whe

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Chris Josephes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 14:39]: > I think sooner or later, we're all going to have to bite the > bullet and go with Java class naming conventions, like IMO, it is of the essence that modules have descriptive names. Otherwise, searching for something specific becomes nigh i

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 10:54]: > There is also PApp::* by Marc Lehmann, short for [P]erl > [App]lication My understanding is that "PApp" is actually a proper name for his framework, not a generic TLNS. -- Regards, Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Josephes) writes: > Otherwise, CPAN will continue to grow wide at the top level. I used to think that mattered. But then, we now have search.cpan.org, and there's not really much requirement for CPAN to be hierarchical any more. As I've written in the past (http://blog.sim

cpan name spaces (was: Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl? )

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:14:19AM -0600, Chris Josephes wrote: > > I think sooner or later, we're all going to have to bite the bullet and go > with Java class naming conventions, like > > org::simon-cozens::MVC > > or maybe Larry's recommendation of using CPAN id as a top level. > > simon::MV

Re: Re3: Re: How about class Foo {...} definition for Perl?

2004-01-19 Thread Chris Josephes
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Lincoln A. Baxter wrote: > In my case, it is a Server/Integration platform for framework. In that > discussion (to be posted later this week maybe), I will suggest that > instead of creating a new TLNS for the application, perhaps all such > applications should eventually be

Re: Spreadsheet::Perl (was New User)

2004-01-19 Thread khemir nadim
Version 0.04 is out. Check out the documentation at: http://search.cpan.org/src/NKH/Spreadsheet-Perl-0.04/README http://search.cpan.org/~nkh/Spreadsheet-Perl-0.04/Perl.pm I still need your input and I still need some help if any brave soul is available. Nadim.