They don't have to look to my distribution to figure out how to code the subclass

Maybe, if the subclasser both is disciplined and doesn't want to do very much (like add new attributes). However, a lot of subclassing involves overriding private methods, adding new attributes, and other potentially invasive procedures. As such, the subclasser will need to read the code in order to understand implementation details.

Me, I always read the distribution because the distribution may involve OS-specific installation tasks. PDF-Template and Excel-Template both do and I learned that trick by reading other Makefile.PL's. *shrugs*

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re^5: Test::Class modules, skip install by dragonchild
in thread Test::Class modules, skip install by Herkum

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