Ok. It is your module so this is your call.
I disagree, but that is ok. This should end the thread.
-ben
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:26:43PM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> > my $dta = "DateTime::TimeZone::Alias";
> >
> > $dta->remove("EST");# Start with a clean sl
Perhaps I'm not following closely enough, but this thread is confusing
me.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 02:51 PM, Ben Bennett wrote:
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:52:46AM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
How would an add method that returns silently if an alias is already
defined tell if an alias has
> my $dta = "DateTime::TimeZone::Alias";
>
> $dta->remove("EST");# Start with a clean slate
> $dta->add("EST" => "US/Eastern"); # Succeeds
> $dta->add("EST" => "US/Eastern"); # Succeeds
> $dta->add("EST" => "America/New_York"); # Succeeds
> $dta->add("EST" => "Americ
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:52:46AM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
>
> Btw - US/Eastern is defined as an alias unless you removed it earler in the program.
>
Yeah, that is why I have to jump through more hoops in my example.
> How would an add method that returns silently if an alias is already de
> That isn't quite the same thing. The code I had in mind would need to
> do:
> --
> my $dta = "DateTime::TimeZone::Alias";
> if ( not $dta->is_defined( "EST" ) ) {
> $dta->add( EST => "US/Eastern" );
> }
> elsif ( ( $dta->is_alias("US/Eastern") and
> $dta->value( "EST" ) eq $dta->va
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From: Ben Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [announce] DateTime::TimeZone::Alias 0.01
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:28:47PM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> Th
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:55:57 -0400
From: Ben Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [announce] DateTime::TimeZone::Alias 0.01
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:38:31PM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
>
>
Crap, my mail client crash and ate part of my reply.
> I was considering a function to do this. If you look... I hid a solution in the
> docs. :)
>
> my $my_alias = %{ DateTime::TimeZone::Alias->aliases }->{ EST };
>
> I didn't want a function named alias and another one named aliases. But
Dave already replied while I was driving home so some replies maybe short. :)
> I really like the new is_X subs, although in the case of the
No. :) I agree with Dave.
> i.e. If I have aliased EST to America/New_York, could it return
> "America/New_York" rather than 1? Both are true so it should
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Ben Bennett wrote:
> I really like the new is_X subs, although in the case of the
> is_alias() would it make sense to return the target of the alias?
No, any method that starts with is_ should return a boolean value (or only
be guaranteed to return such a thing). If you need
I think DateTime::TimeZone::Alias 0.03 is really looking good. The
docs are excellent (small patch to fix typos included below).
I really like the new is_X subs, although in the case of the
is_alias() would it make sense to return the target of the alias?
i.e. If I have aliased EST to America/Ne
> Is it a problem that it affects the TZ behavior across all modules? I
I should document this better.
> am not sure how you would get around that with the current TZ
> interface (you would need some way to get a "TZ factory" object that
> you would use as a parameter to DT... but then anything
hua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [announce] DateTime::TimeZone::Alias 0.01
No prob :-)
And to deluge you with yet another message about this...
Is it a problem that it affects the TZ behavior across all modules? I
am not sure how you would get around that with the current TZ
int
Released to CPAN.
Available immediately from:
http://kolea.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jhoblitt/pm/DateTime-TimeZone-Alias-0.01.tar.gz
Changes since 0.01pre1
Renamed del to remove on Dave's advice.
Cheers,
-J
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