My first impression, sorry, is that "Forest" is trying to be too cute. Who's going to search for a "Forest" module when they're looking for a tree data structure? And when I see "Forest::Tree", I think of forestry and the environment, not data structures. "Forest" winds up just being a vanity/brand, and doesn't convey anything about what the distribution does. The fact that you're thinking about aliasing is a sign that it's flawed in the first place. (And I know how you probably feel -- development names are tough to let go, it's easy to get attached to them through repeated exposure.)

Personally, I liked the name "Tree::Simple" -- it immediately stood out among all the tree modules. I'd prefer if you found something along those lines that conveyed what it does (i.e. the Noun::Adjective/Adverb style).

Tree::Persistant? Tree::Builder? Tree::Easy? Tree::Simpler? (The latter even conveys the connection to Tree::Simple but with the improved API and transparent persistance.)

-xdg

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In reply to Re: Module naming issues by xdg
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