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Re: TB2::Mouse will be internal use only... with one hitch.

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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
December 1, 2011 01:40
Subject:
Re: TB2::Mouse will be internal use only... with one hitch.
Message ID:
D26C6872-2F65-4454-87CC-F09EAA4E5C5B@justatheory.com
On Nov 30, 2011, at 7:31 PM, brian d foy wrote:

> I'm not saying that you should dump Mouse, but when I see a design
> decision reach this far into the world (when nobody should have ever
> noticed it), I generally think it's time to consider if it was really a
> good idea. However, I have no experience with TB2 development.
> 
> As a person who will have to subclass TB2, I'm really not looking
> forward to any of this. I shouldn't have "to deal" or even know about
> the TB2 internals.

Yes, but I would view this as a symptom of a failure of core Perl more than anything else. We really need a MOP and the attendant infrastructure and syntax for classes, methods, and roles in the language. The alternative is having to deal with issues like this.

Best,

David


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