On 11/06/2012 01:55 PM, Giannis Economou wrote: > On 6/11/2012 8:36 μμ, Mark Stosberg wrote: >> On 11/06/2012 12:27 PM, Kurt Lidl wrote: >>> On 11/6/2012 12:24 PM, Mark Stosberg wrote: >>> >>>>>> * Hash keys for new() must now be upper-case now. >>>>> Ridiculous. Lower case hash keys are the norm throughout Perl. >>>>> >>>>> Upper case is SHOUTING. >>>> I agree that lower case hash keys are the norm and upper case hash keys >>>> are shouting. The choice here weas a nod to compatibility with >>>> CGI::Application, which internally was case-insensitive, but by >>>> convention, everyone has been using the upper-case keys. >>>> >>>> I'm open to reconsidering this point as well, as I would prefer >>>> lower case going forward myself. Perhaps the upper-case support can be >>>> pushed into a ::Compat transitional module. >>> I'd vote for lower-casing them, if you're looking for feedback. >> I am looking for feedback. Thanks for the opinion. >> >> Mark >> > > Hello... > > IMHO, there should be no enforcement. If that was a convention I suggest > to keep it like this. Conventions play well with TIMTOWTDI, too... > A discussion on the convention would be ok, but I believe that such > enforcements are not really necessary. Documentation can suggest the > convention. > This is my opinion, if I'm not missing something...
Thanks for the feedback. > +1 for the rest of the API changes. Thanks for the endorsement! Mark ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
