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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 08:29:23AM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: > Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> writes: > > > * Peter Rabbitson <rabbit-p5p@rabbit.us> [2012-10-26T10:41:14] > >> "MOAR CORE FEATURES!!!". > > > > I don't this is really a general tendency on p5p. I think that some > > people want a new feature for X, some for Y, some for Z, and if you OR > > all those desires together, it looks like we're opening our arms to > > all kinds of new things. On the other hand, the person who wants X > > doesn't want anything else, the one pining for Y will fight X and Z > > tooth and nail, and the Z backer will, he swears to God, fork perl > > before he lets you add W. > > Basically, what is missing, is a good and generic extension mechanism so > it is possible to implement X, Y, Z, and W in separate modules. There > has been done a lot of work on this but (apparently) it is still not > mature to the extent that people can implement the desired functionality > this way. > > I don't know the perl internals well enough to make reasonable > estimates, but my guess is that it would take less effort to create such > a generic extension mechanism than it takes to continuously discuss > (fight over) new features. > +1Thread Previous | Thread Next