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Re: [PATCH] UNIVERSAL shouldn't require Exporter

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From:
Graham Barr
Date:
April 26, 2001 05:43
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] UNIVERSAL shouldn't require Exporter
Message ID:
20010426134217.L64737@pobox.com
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:41:20PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:30:35PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
> > What is it that you think this is gaining ?
> 
> I think that's not gaining anything, but it's losing a dependency on
> Exporter, which is *way* overweight for UNIVERSAL. Sounds like a Good
> Thing to me.

But why is that good ?

You are not making the process lighter as the probablility that
another module will include Exporter is very high.

Graham.

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