in reply to Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies

If you link to a module using [mod://], its dependencies are just a single click away.

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Re^2: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies
by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 10, 2008 at 11:43 UTC
    So? Likewise linking to a user makes his writeups only one click away, we still have the [by://] shortcut.

    Asking the other way: is there any reason not to implement [dep://] or [deps://] some brave soul contributed code and documentation?

      Good question. I don't know how the gods feel about it, but I personally believe that an unrestrained proliferation of shortcut types is not in our best interest; and a request for one from a single user isn't, by itself, sufficient justification for it, precedents not withstanding.

      we still have the [by://] shortcut

      Yeah.... I would have cast my (moot) vote against that too, probably. (Although it sounds rather hypocritical of me to say that, since I wrote the patch which implemented the [by://] scheme...)

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