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From:
Tim Bunce
Date:
February 17, 2003 02:03
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] making Exporter simpler to use
Message ID:
20030217100238.GE91548@dansat.data-plan.com
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:07:54PM -0800, schwern@pobox.com wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:54:22PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > > The current code isn't broken. It might not meet your aesthetic values, but
> > > > it's not broken.
> > > 
> > > I don't believe Fergal is claiming Exporter is broken, he is offering an
> > > improvement.  Not every patch need be a bug fix, we're still allowed to
> > > add interesting new features to Perl 5.
> > 
> > Sure. [I think I sounded more harsh than I meant.]
> > 
> > Modules that only live inside the perl distribution can be
> > changed in pretty much any compatible way with new releases.
> > 
> > But for modules that have a dual life on CPAN I'd be less
> > comfortable with adding an extra dependency.
> 
> Ok, clear something up for me.  Are you expressing your own trepidation about
> using a new Exporter interface?  Or about the idea of adding it to Exporter
> at all?  Or the idea that once added, Fergal wants to change the core
> modules to use the new interface?

Only the last, and only for core modules that _also_ have a dual life on CPAN,
like Storable.

Tim.

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