in reply to Re: (tye)Re: Symbol::List
in thread Devel::GetSymbols (fka Symbol::List)

Hmm. Well. Im a bit dense sometimes but I dont think I would immediately know what the package was for from Devel::Symbols, maybe Devel::PackgeSymbols?

Just a thought.

Yves / DeMerphq
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Re: Re: Re: (tye)Re: Symbol::List
by Juerd (Abbot) on Jan 24, 2002 at 16:29 UTC
    I think PackageSymbols is too verbose, as only packages CAN have symbols :).
    It's like having the word "Object" in your object names, or naming every array "@array_foo" (with different foos).

    That's also why i would like to avoid "List" when not using Symbol::. What else would it supply? The name "Symbols" is plural, so you know it'll return multiple things - a list. (Any sane monk would be able to guess it won't return an arrayref :)

    Anyone else pro- or anti-Devel::Symbols? 

    2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas'
Segmentation fault
2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$

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