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Re: [perl #25268] h2xs does not create VERSION stubs

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From:
david
Date:
February 6, 2004 12:44
Subject:
Re: [perl #25268] h2xs does not create VERSION stubs
Message ID:
4023EF04.2070600@davidnicol.com


Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 10:26:16AM -0600, david wrote:
> 
> 
> I also don't think its wise to start throwing in commented out "just in case 
> you might need it down the road" modules uses into h2xs templates.  How many 
> modules have never needed more testing?  We should throw "# use Carp::Assert" 
> in there.  And people always forget to check their opens so there should be 
> a "# use Fatal qw(open close)".  Pick a pet peeve.  Its a slippery slope 
> that shouldn't be started down.  Keep the templates sparse and simple,
> throw anything not immediately useful out, so the first time module author 
> that's going to use them doesn't get confused.
> 
> A perlfaq entry sounds more like the solution to your problem.


How about a module-authors BCP document, and a heavy module template
that includes stubs for all best current module-authoring practices?



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