Re writing CPAN modules, see:

Re Perl coding guidelines, I suggest you take a look at these, then make up your own mind:

Update: Before releasing your first CPAN module, choose a module name and design an interface based on the general references above and on your own ideas, then post it here or on the module-authors@perl.org mailing list, requesting feedback. It is vital to focus on interface early and to get it right first time, because once your module is released into the wild, any change you make to its interface will break your existing user's code (anything else can be easily fixed in later releases).

In reply to Re: Writing TIMTOWDI-friendly CPAN Modules by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Writing TIMTOWDI-friendly CPAN Modules by eibwen

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