in reply to Re: When to use Tie
in thread When to use Tie

I don't view the Acme:: namespace as a "never use this in a real program" place. Rather, it's more of a "isn't this cute?" place. Making a tied hash that does Google searches (like Tie::Google) strikes me as something cute, but doesn't offer more functionality than Net::Google (which Tie::Google is based on).

There are a few odd Acme:: modules that are both cute and useful in production code. I could imagine a few good uses of Acme::SoftwareUpdate. Acme::Morse::Audible might be useful in a Morse code trainer program.

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Re: Re: Re: When to use Tie
by shotgunefx (Parson) on Jan 29, 2004 at 18:13 UTC
    I agree with the assessment on Tie::Google, but my feeling is that if people want to do it, and people want to use it, that's fine with me. To someone else, this may be an intuitive way to address a problem.

    To me, Acme exists for interesting things of no practical value. I'd be hesitant to use Acme:: modules in anything production, solely on the name (Easy enough to cut and past into a new module though)

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