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From:
sisyphus
Date:
August 16, 2023 15:33
Subject:
Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types
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On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 2:37 PM Oodler 577 via perl5-porters <
perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote:


>  [snip]
> Perl lacks sufficient exposure of the already-existing real natural
> Perl data types for use by the programmer.
>

At the pure-perl level, I probably agree with that assertion.
But XS has always provided me with the information that I need.

Perl::Types installs cleanly for me, and has an impeccable record with
cpan-testers.
My main concern at this stage would be:

> perldoc Perl::Types
No documentation found for "Perl::Types".

There's no way that I am going to look critically at a module that has no
documentation.

Cheers,
Rob
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