Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Ask Bjoern Hansen- June 24, 2002 damianconway.org (Damian Conway) writes:> Larry has previously mentioned the prospect of Perl 6 module names> being extended to include version number and author.Yes, we even talked about it extensively at the "CPAN meeting" inMonterey 2 years ago. =)-- ask bjoern hansen, http:askbjoernhansen.com !try; do();http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg224.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Aaron Sherman- June 19, 2002 On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 05:32:40PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:> > I expect to end up with a multi-level system, where you can use anything from> a DNS name (guaranteed to contain dots) through author IDs (no dots) to> blessed top-level names for universally acclaimed modules, for some definition> of universal. Plus the technological fix of aliasing, as several of you have> discussed. Basically, we name interfaces at a more abstract level than we> do implementations. Devil...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg223.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Larry Wall- June 19, 2002 On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, John Siracusa wrote:: On 61802 6:10 PM, Damian Conway wrote:: > Larry has previously mentioned the prospect of Perl 6 module names being: > extended to include version number and author.: > : > If this were to be done, would seem reasonable for the "author" component to: > simply be the author&39;s CPAN username. These are guaranteed unique, are: > frequently mnemonic, are necessary prerequisites for putting a module on the: > CPAN in any...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg222.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Damian Conway- June 19, 2002 Larry has previously mentioned the prospect of Perl 6 module names being extended to include version number and author.If this were to be done, would seem reasonable for the "author" component to simply be the author&39;s CPAN username. These are guaranteed unique, are frequently mnemonic, are necessary prerequisites for putting a module on the CPAN in any case, and also map straight onto email addresses through which authors can be contacted.Damianhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg221.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Damian Conway- June 19, 2002 Larry has previously mentioned the prospect of Perl 6 module names being extended to include version number and author.If this were to be done, would seem reasonable for the "author" component to simply be the author&39;s CPAN username. These are guaranteed unique, are frequently mnemonic, are necessary prerequisites for putting a module on the CPAN in any case, and also map straight onto email addresses through which authors can be contacted.Damianhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg220.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by John Siracusa- June 18, 2002 On 61802 8:32 PM, Larry Wall wrote:> I expect to end up with a multi-level system, where you can use anything from> a DNS name (guaranteed to contain dots) through author IDs (no dots) to> blessed top-level names for universally acclaimed modules, for some definition> of universal.I&39;m not sure understood all of that, but it sounds interesting :)> Plus the technological fix of aliasing, as several of you have discussed.> Basically, we name interfaces at a more abstract level.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg219.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by John Siracusa- June 18, 2002 On 61802 6:10 PM, Damian Conway wrote:> Larry has previously mentioned the prospect of Perl 6 module names being> extended to include version number and author.> > If this were to be done, would seem reasonable for the "author" component to> simply be the author&39;s CPAN username. These are guaranteed unique, are> frequently mnemonic, are necessary prerequisites for putting a module on the> CPAN in any case, and also map straight onto email addresses through...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg218.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Melvin Smith- June 18, 2002 At 02:10 PM 6172002 -0600, Luke Palmer wrote:>Java&39;s hell if you know Perl. You&39;re used to doing things in 200>keystrokes, and suddenly it takes you 5000. "The easy things should be>long, and the hard things should be longer... and slower." (i.e. I don&39;t>like Java)<off topic>If you don&39;t have the book by Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, titled"The Practice of Programming", its worth the $30 or so.It has a very interesting chapter where 5 languages.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg217.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Aaron Sherman- June 18, 2002 On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 16:10, Luke Palmer wrote:> > So, in order for me to avoid learning Java, I propose> > that a CPAN "Curation Project", or an Extended> > Standard Perl Library", be formed. > > Or, Standard Extended Library of Perl. SELP is more pronouncable than > ESPL. SELF is better than ESPN, too.Oh heck, you just had to get into the acronym thing.... PLEASE -- Perl Language Extensions And Standard Exportables SPELL -- Standard Perl...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg216.html Re: More 6PAN musings: local namespaces by Luke Palmer- June 17, 2002 On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Webb Sprague wrote:> > This is a> > solvable problem. We shouldn&39;t just throw up our> > hands based on past> > failures.> I am not a frequent contributor to this list, just a> Perl programmer who doesn&39;t want to learn Java. :)Java&39;s hell if you know Perl. You&39;re used to doing things in 200 keystrokes, and suddenly it takes you 5000. "The easy things should be long, and the hard things should be longer... and slower."...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.stdlib/2002/06/msg215.html |