Re^2: Interval Computation Module Design

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Re^3: Interval Computation Module Design by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 21, 2006 at 06:07 UTC
You could use the technique described in Re: use, require, and constructors to create a short name alias for your package `package Math::Interval::Computations; ... {MIC::} = {Math::Interval::Computations::}; 1;` [download] And then your users can do `use Math::Interval::Computations; my $icObj = MIC->new(...); ...` [download] Maybe `Intvl->new(..)` would be a better short name? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Interval Computation Module Design by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 21, 2006 at 04:40 UTC
Yeah ... you could probably get away with just Math::Interval. If the module's description specifies that it performs "interval computations" (as I'm sure it will) then anyone looking for a module to perform interval computations should find it - and should recognise immediately that it does what they want. The thing I like about "Math::IntervalComputations" is that the name tells you what it does. "Math::Interval" tells you nothing. If it were up to me I'd still go with "Math::IntervalComputations" .... but it's not up to me .... and that's possibly a good thing :-) Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Interval Computation Module Design by HollyKing (Pilgrim) on Feb 21, 2006 at 16:22 UTC
I've expanded the documentation to include more information about intervals and how they are used. I used Math::Complex as the inspiration for choosing the name Math::Interval. Interval is a bad name for these things because the word has many other meanings. However, that is what they're called in the literature so I'm stuck with that name. Owl looked at him, and wondered whether to push him off the tree; but, feeling that he could always do it afterwards, he tried once more to find out what they were talking about.	[reply]