Please, before you release yet another redundant module (YARM), please consider whether not what you want wouldn't be better done as patches to existing modules, including, but not limited to ...

Params::Validate
Data::Verify
Data::FormValidator
Data::Validator::Item
Class::ParamParser & Class::ParmList
Getargs::Long

Plus related modules like Regexp::Common, Email::Valid, Business::CreditCard, and more.

Yes, your proposed API is somewhat different from the existing offerings. But is it so different that it offers completely unique functionality? I don't think so. In fact, it seems fairly close to Data::Validator::Item.

One of the big problems with CPAN is that people just go ahead and upload more and more modules that basically do the same thing as everything else, just with a different API. Some categories are overwhelmingly full (DBI wrappers, for example). Parameter validation isn't quite at the point yet, but it's getting close.

If there's something you really want that doesn't exist, pick the existing module you like best, and offer the author patches. If that doesn't work out, then consider creating your own module.

In reply to Why reinvent the wheel? by autarch
in thread Data Validation Tests by Flame

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