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On Sep 1, 2011, at 3:34 PM, David Golden wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote: >> Providing a full interface to POSIX:2008 is laudable, and should be >> available. But having it in the core doesn't in itself aid installing >> modules, and hence contradicts the goal of a minimal core. >> >> Given that it would cause insane breakage to remove the current POSIX >> module from core as it would break so much >> >> [not sure how to do a popularity contest for it, but I suspect that >> POSIX::_exit() is one of the most common uses] > > POSIX itself is used in various places. I'm not sure how well the > module install toolchain can do without at least some parts of it > without some serious work. See quick-and-dirty analysis below (some > are conditional uses, admittedly). What about: POSIX::Tiny (core) POSIX (HEAVY = CPAN)? /me runs and ducks for cover.Thread Previous | Thread Next