Re: I need a better name than File_Shred

2003-11-14 Thread Jim Cromie
A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 17:43]: Its not 'particular' to C, except in reduce(), the last step, which acts on the detected redundancies. As I outlined, a Perl version could move chunks into strings, then eval that in the many places its needed. Then

Author of IPC::Shareable?

2003-11-14 Thread Viner, David
Hi, I'm trying to contact the owner of the IPC::Shareable module. There's a minor bug that I'd like to fix, but the email listed on cpan rejects all my mails. http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search?new=Search;filetype=%20dis tribution%20name%20or%20description;join=and;age=;ar

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:19:44PM -0600, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > The following was supposedly scribed by > > Mark Stosberg > > on Friday 14 November 2003 02:02 pm: > > >Still that leaves the issue of naming it. It's still best described as > >"a module for building CGI applications Mark's way".

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Eric Wilhelm
> The following was supposedly scribed by > Mark Stosberg > on Friday 14 November 2003 02:02 pm: >Still that leaves the issue of naming it. It's still best described as >"a module for building CGI applications Mark's way". I could give it >some generic name like "CGI::Application::TurboCharge", b

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:33:01PM -0600, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > >I think I have a similar concern. Here's my own case: I use a custom > >sub-class of CGI::Application that I base most of my web-applications > >on. Eventually, I would like to distribute some of these on CPAN, with > >several of t

Algorithm::Shred

2003-11-14 Thread Schuyler Erle
* On 14-Nov-2003 at 11:03AM PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > And because 'shred' is open-source, and part of the Linux vs > > SCO drama, it serves as something of a touchstone - By > > understanding the algorithm, you know its > > advantages/disadvantages; fast but naive compared to parsing to >

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Eric Wilhelm
> The following was supposedly scribed by > Mark Stosberg > on Friday 14 November 2003 09:00 am: >I think I have a similar concern. Here's my own case: I use a custom >sub-class of CGI::Application that I base most of my web-applications >on. Eventually, I would like to distribute some of these on

Re: I need a better name than File_Shred

2003-11-14 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 17:43]: > Its not 'particular' to C, except in reduce(), the last step, > which acts on the detected redundancies. As I outlined, a Perl > version could move chunks into strings, then eval that in the > many places its needed. Then maybe it should be s

Re: I need a better name than File_Shred

2003-11-14 Thread Jim Cromie
A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 09:35]: My version has a different focus, namely to find duplicate code chunks, write macros for them, and invoke those macros. So maybe a different name is appropriate. So it is aimed at processing C sources? Then File:: is

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: A. Pagaltzis [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I wasn't saying the code was trash - but a carelessly chosen name > and no documentation do make it clutter.. I agree it's clutter that's why I'd like it not to be included when people search. The name is chosen for my convenience and mine only. As Mark menti

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:57:28AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Original Message: > - > From: Struan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > And if you're including the code in several CPAN modules then > > shouldn't the code be up to standard for general use? Just because you > > c

Re: I need a better name than File_Shred

2003-11-14 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 09:35]: > My version has a different focus, namely to find duplicate code > chunks, write macros for them, and invoke those macros. So > maybe a different name is appropriate. So it is aimed at processing C sources? Then File:: is the wrong TLNS for it

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Fergal Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 13:10]: > But what about code that is shared by several CPAN modules but > which I don't consider to be worth getting up to standard for > general use. It's not that the code is "trash", it's fine I > just can't see anyone else wanting to use it, even i

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Struan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] > And if you're including the code in several CPAN modules then > shouldn't the code be up to standard for general use? Just because you > can't see anyone wanting to use it doesn't mean it shouldn't be > documented. The

RE: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: Author's namespace > * at 14/11 10:25 + Fergal Daly said: > > But what about code that is shared by several CPAN modules > but which I > > don't consider to be worth getting up to standard for general use. > > It's not that the code is "trash", it's fine I just can't see anyone

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Struan Donald
* at 14/11 10:25 + Fergal Daly said: > But what about code that is shared by several CPAN modules but which I > don't consider to be worth getting up to standard for general use. > It's not that the code is "trash", it's fine I just can't see anyone > else wanting to use it, even if it was full

Re: Author's namespace

2003-11-14 Thread Fergal Daly
But what about code that is shared by several CPAN modules but which I don't consider to be worth getting up to standard for general use. It's not that the code is "trash", it's fine I just can't see anyone else wanting to use it, even if it was fully documented. I suppose I'll just have to upload

I need a better name than File_Shred

2003-11-14 Thread Jim Cromie
Hi folks, Ive written a module which implements Eric Raymonds 'shred' program, which is pretty well described here. http://www.arstechnica.com/archive/news/1063140308.html File::Shred is my working name My version has a different focus, namely to find duplicate code chunks, write macros for them