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* Leon Timmermans (fawaka@gmail.com) [110831 15:47]:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Mark Overmeer <mark@overmeer.net> wrote:
...
> > POSIX.xs/pm should only provide the bare minimum interface, mapped as
> > narrow as possible on the functions where it can. Fancy OO models and
> > such around these functions should not be part of this.
>
> There's a difference between OO abstractions around system resources
> and OO abstractions around data. POSIX.pm is already doing the latter
> (POSIX::SigAction, POSIX::SigSet) and that makes perfect sense.
Internal library structures, like sigsets, need some support from XS.
Gladly, there are only a few of those.
By strictly limiting the POSIX module to a minimum interface it stays
maintainable. The higher abstractions should not need any XS anymore,
and compete freely on CPAN.
--
MarkOv
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