Re^2: Module Naming Dilemma

Your module really is aliasing a namespace, yes? Mine just creates a subroutine that returns the package name and inserts it into the calling namespace (after doing some stuff to handle loading and importing.)

The important thing here is that the module name be very short to actually make it worthwhile to use. It's also been pointed out that this makes it easier to use a module that's merely been renamed.

Cheers,
Ovid

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Re^3: Module Naming Dilemma by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 04, 2005 at 22:19 UTC
Well, in answer to your question... I assume you're aware of the general restrictions/caveats on both top-level namespaces and lower-case namespaces. You should discuss your naming idea on comp.lang.perl.modules, and then on modules@perl.org which is where the PAUSE police lurk. I don't know who has the authority to issue a pragmatic module name; probably p5p or the pumpking.	[reply]
Re^3: Module Naming Dilemma by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 04, 2005 at 22:33 UTC
Wouldn't it be simpler for `use class 'My::Company::Namespace::Customer';` to do the import and just: `@Customer::ISA = 'My::Company::Namespace::Customer';` On second thought, I think I prefer your way. Less side-effects that I can see.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Module Naming Dilemma by tilly (Archbishop) on Jan 05, 2005 at 08:03 UTC
I hope that you've documented (and possibly checked!) that your aliases can't contain things like :: in them. If I didn't know how it was implemented, I could easily see myself being bitten by that. (Note: I happen to agree with Perrin's response in your diary. I happen to dislike the idea and wouldn't use it. But then again, I don't have to.)	[reply]
Re^4: Module Naming Dilemma by Ovid (Cardinal) on Jan 05, 2005 at 16:05 UTC
I don't understand. Why can't they have "::" in them? This works: `use aka "Really::Long::Module::Name", as => "R::Name"; my $foo = R::Name->some_class_method;` [download] However, messing with someone else's namespace is a really bad idea and it is documented that the programmer shouldn't do that. Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Module Naming Dilemma by tilly (Archbishop) on Jan 05, 2005 at 22:53 UTC
I was assuming that you were just assigning to a typeglob to get the function created, in which case the appropriate typeglob manipulation would either put that in the wrong package or would need extra logic. I guess that you either did it differently than I expected, or you have the necessary extra logic.	[reply]
Re^6: Module Naming Dilemma by Ovid (Cardinal) on Jan 06, 2005 at 16:44 UTC


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