in reply to Re^5: ChainMap of Hashes on CPAN?
in thread ChainMap of Hashes on CPAN?

ties are slow so no problem using a custom class.

And you only implemented the lookup.

I don't think it's worth making this core like they did for Py3, but having a well documented module on CPAN seems more efficient than writing, documenting and testing own code.

I'm a big fan of lazy data structures and having such a tool in the box always opens the path to new uses cases.

At least this way seems appropriate if one of the chained hashes is itself a tied structure.

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^7: ChainMap of Hashes on CPAN?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 23, 2013 at 19:51 UTC
    but having a well documented module on CPAN seems more efficient than writing, documenting and testing own code.

    I disagree completely, and bad justifictions don't make the case.

    Adding to the clutter of never-used modules that make up 50%+ of CPAN doesn't help anyone. Nor Perl's cause.

    Better to have only 5000 useful modules than 25,000 of which only 20% are useful.

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      > Better to have only 5000 useful modules than 25,000 of which only 20% are useful.

      Yeah, you're right!

      I fully support you starting BukPan - a server with personally approved modules! =)

      Cheers Rolf

      ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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