Re: RFC 289 (v1) Generate module dependencies easily by Steve Simmons- August 31, 2001 > Perl6 should ship with a simple utility that shows all modules a program> uses, and all modules those modules use.Presumably with the caveat that no usage list can be generated for anymissing modules.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg197.html RE: Perl 6 modules plan by Bill Odom- August 28, 2001 Kirrily &39;Skud&39; Robert mailto:skudinfotrope.net said:>> My main purpose with perlmodstyle was to give us a starting> point for a Perl 6 style guide, in time for the Great Rewrite> that&39;s likely to happen with most of CPAN.>I have some raw material that may be useful (and I do mean raw).Off and on for the last few months, I&39;ve been compiling notes on "Perl for Enterprise Development." Topics range from style, formatting,and naming conventions, all the way to..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg196.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by Kirrily Robert- August 25, 2001 In perl.perl6.stdlib, you wrote:>>Something like perlstyle and perlmodstyle for perl 5 thenMy main purpose with perlmodstyle was to give us a starting point for a Perl 6 style guide, in time for the Great Rewrite that&39;s likely tohappen with most of CPAN.K.-- Kirrily &39;Skud&39; Robert - skudinfotrope.net - http:infotrope.net"Can we get a costbenefit analysis of paying dodgy Iraqis to lay waste toWheelers Hill instead of finishing this $EXPLETIVE project" -- Benno (from the...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg195.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by John Siracusa- August 25, 2001 On 82501 1:51 PM, Kirrily Robert wrote:> In perl.perl6.stdlib, you wrote:>> Er, okay, well scratch that example then :) But my point still stands: I>> think Perl 6 should have some sort of guidelines in this area, even if>> they&39;re only a codification of what "the majority" of Perl authors do.> > Yes. See also "perldoc perlstyle" and the "perlmodstyle" which I> recently posted to p5p.Too many lists! :) Yes, like that, only for...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg194.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by Paul Johnson- August 25, 2001 On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:40:05AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote:> On 82501 5:12 AM, Johan Vromans wrote:> > John Siracusa <siracusamindspring.com> writes:> >> If you ask any Java programmer which is "correct", myJavaMethod() or> >> My_Java_Method(), I think you&39;ll get a straight answer.> > > > From experience I can assure you this is not the case. There are a> > couple of (independent and mutual inconsistent) style guides on the>..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg193.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by Kirrily Robert- August 25, 2001 In perl.perl6.stdlib, you wrote:>>Er, okay, well scratch that example then :) But my point still stands: I>think Perl 6 should have some sort of guidelines in this area, even if>they&39;re only a codification of what "the majority" of Perl authors do.Yes. See also "perldoc perlstyle" and the "perlmodstyle" which Irecently posted to p5p.K.-- Kirrily &39;Skud&39; Robert - skudinfotrope.net - http:infotrope.netYou should see the ones we don&39;t let out..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg192.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by John Siracusa- August 25, 2001 On 82501 5:12 AM, Johan Vromans wrote:> John Siracusa <siracusamindspring.com> writes:>> If you ask any Java programmer which is "correct", myJavaMethod() or>> My_Java_Method(), I think you&39;ll get a straight answer.> > From experience I can assure you this is not the case. There are a> couple of (independent and mutual inconsistent) style guides on the> web (e.g. Sun, Netscape). Each have their own followers.Er, okay, well scratch that example then..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg191.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by Johan Vromans- August 25, 2001 John Siracusa <siracusamindspring.com> writes:> If you ask any Java programmer which is "correct", myJavaMethod() or> My_Java_Method(), I think you&39;ll get a straight answer.From experience I can assure you this is not the case. There are acouple of (independent and mutual inconsistent) style guides on theweb (e.g. Sun, Netscape). Each have their own followers.Maybe because Java is relatively young, and all Java programmers wereforced to learn the language in a short...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg190.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by John Siracusa- August 24, 2001 On 82401 11:52 PM, John Siracusa wrote:> I mentioned this on another list, and I thought I&39;d bring it up here as> well. I think NeXT-style "bundles" offer an interesting solution for> keeping several versions of a single library installed at the same time,> with well-defined majorminor version compatibility rules. This> functionality becomes even more important with the proposed ability to> specify modules by version (or version range, etc.) More information...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg189.html Re: Perl 6 modules plan by John Siracusa- August 24, 2001 I just subscribed, so forgive me if this has been covered before (I haven&39;tread all of the archives yet)STYLE:> There should be tools, guidelines and processes to assist authors in writing> quality modules. See also perl-qaperl.org.> Specifically:> Style guide> Naming guidelinesI know this is mostly referring to entire modules, but I&39;d like to see someguidelines in the area of APIs, from method naming conventions all the wayup to some "best practices" on the APIs.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2001/08/msg188.html |