[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm starting to rewrite a module (Set::Infinite) > for Perl 6.
Um ... OK! > I'd like to know if there are already guidelines on how to proceed. I don't think so. > Some options I've thought of: > - don't put it on CPAN That's possible. If you do put it on Cpan then people may try to download and install it, and current perls will trip up over even the first line of a Perl 6 module. > - change version to 2.00_00 I reckon that'd look like a newer version for Perl 5. > - use Set::Infinite::Perl6 namespace Possibly. However that would only be a short-term measure: once Perl 6 is in use that'd be an inappropriate name. But obviously the problem needs solving generally for Perl 6 modules, and if you just want something circulating now for playing with and testing it doesn't matter if you use a temporary name that has to change later. Except that the purpose of releasing such a module now would not be of any use for people wanting to do stuff with infinite sets. But it would be of interest to people wanting to experiment with Perl 6, even if they've got no particular interest in sets. That would suggest: > - use Perl6::Set::Infinite namespace But don't do that: there are already things in the Perl6:: namespace, and they are Perl 5 modules that implement (approximations of) Perl 6 features. There is a definite expectation that modules in the Perl6:: namespace will run on Perl 5 interpreters! Sorry, I don't have any good ideas about what to name it; it seems to me that, as an incompatible language, Perl 6 modules should be entirely parallel to Perl 5 modules without infecting the current Cpan. Even after Perl 6 is released there are still going to be many people requiring Perl 5 modules; having the CPAN module download Perl 6 modules is not going to be any better for them than downloading Python or Ruby modules would be. Currently CPAN always grabs the latest version, something that often leads to problems on a new FreeBSD 4 server we have running at work, which has perl 5.005_03: many current Cpan modules (understandable) require 5.6 or newer and so refuse to install. But we already have those modules running on existing FreeBSD 4 servers -- they were installed a few years ago with what was then the latest versions. So we have to go hunting for old versions to install on the new server. I realize we're quite unusual in having a new server with such an old perl on it. But even several years after Perl 6's release I don't think it'll be unusual to have Perl 5 around. Smylers
