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On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:51:38PM -0800, Chad Granum wrote:
> Several modern export tools such as Sub::Exporter and Exporter::Declare
> make it possible to rename subs that you import. They tend to use a
> consistent syntax:
>
> use Foo 'export_name' => {-as => 'new_name'};
>
>
> As of yet Exporter.pm has no such capability.
>
> 1) Would anyone be opposed to having this functionality added? (and why?)
> 2) Does anyone oppose keeping the above syntax since it is consistent with
> everything else?
> 3) Are there any good technical reasons not to do this?
>
> Assuming there are no objections to the idea I would like to write a patch
> (unless someone else wants to do it).
My feeling is that the syntax is a bit clunky, and it seems to
work for importing a single name only.
Does it allow you to rename multiple imports? Something like:
use Foo 'name1' => {-as => 'name2'},
'name3' => {-as => 'name4'},
'name5',
'name6' => {-as => 'name7'};
Or does that require multiple use statements?
How does it work with Exporters more advanced features, like importing
tags, patterns, or using negations?
Abigail
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