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Jeffrey Friedl <jfriedl@yahoo.com> writes: >Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net> wrote: >|> readonly \%hash; # clamped > >I reiterate that I believe that this would be a mistake. to which I reiterate that that was pseudo code example of the implementation - not an interface definition. I was trying to demonstrate that with "hooks" e.g. by readonl() xsub, and minor tweaks to the core adding some "dies" we can implement both. I leave it up to list as a whole to discuss what it should look like to user. > >If you want readonlyness for a hash to mean that its values are also >readonly (which, Nick, you made abundantly clear that you do), then >how can it be anything but a misnomer and trap that > readonly \%hash; >not do that? > >As I and Scott have said, and to which you agreed, clamping and >readonlyness are different animals. Shouldn't the way to invoke them, >therefore, also be different? That they may be internally dealt with in >similar manners is not something the user needs to be confused by. I have no objection to the concepts - I was critical of the implementation. If we can come up with an interface which does not confuse the user, and which is implemented by a module with only minimal changes to the core then this is 5.8.* worthy. > > Jeffrey -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/Thread Previous | Thread Next