RE: Tie::Array::Sorted

2003-11-12 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: Tie::Array::Sorted * Simon Cozens simon at simon-cozens.org [2003-11-12 13:32]: Is Tie::Array::Sorted a reasonable name for it, or would another one be more obvious? DB_File has a way to do this iirc. But it is a shocking ommission if there isnt at least one other way. I

Re: [Module::Build] Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Hicks
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Sam Vilain wrote: On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:29, Michael G Schwern wrote; YAML was chosen because its human readable and writable, its data ^ ^ So long as you're a FREAK who likes INDENTING and WHITESPACE to

Re: Tie::Array::Sorted

2003-11-12 Thread Randy W. Sims
Simon Cozens wrote: Hi. I'm about to write a module which presents an array in sorted order; $a[0] will always be the least element by some comparator. Miraculously, there doesn't seem to be such a beast on CPAN already. Is Tie::Array::Sorted a reasonable name for it, or would another one be more

Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Bruno Negrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-11-10 20:11]: Im finishing to write a module, Proc::Daemontools, and it requires that the daemontools package be installed on a machine for it to work. Where must I indicate that this module have a dependency? I can't believe noone understood what you

Re: Tie::Array::Sorted

2003-11-12 Thread Bruno Negrao
RE: Tie::Array::SortedHi Simon and others, I agree that Tie::Array::Sorted is a good name. But it is a shocking ommission if there isnt at least one other way. I definately vote for Tie::Array::Sorted, but It may be worth having a look at Tie::Hash::Sorted and make them compatible on some

Re: Tie::Array::Sorted

2003-11-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Bruno Negrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-11-12 18:47]: Also, you could try to guess (via regexps) if the data to be sorted is numeric or alphabetical and use the appropriate subrouting to order it. Bleah. This kind of second-guessing easily leads to surprises. Being explicit is good. --

Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Bruno Negrao
Hi Aristotle, (in portuguese your name is written Aristteles:) I can't believe noone understood what you were talking about and went off to lala-land. :-/ :-) hehehehe lala-land, that was fun! Yes, they simply ignored what I asked them. Even if I use the technique you suggested, when an

Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Randy W. Sims
Bruno Negrao wrote: Hi Aristotle, (in portuguese your name is written Aristteles:) I can't believe noone understood what you were talking about and went off to lala-land. :-/ :-) hehehehe lala-land, that was fun! Yes, they simply ignored what I asked them. Even if I use the technique you

Re: New modules

2003-11-12 Thread Ed Summers
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:22:01PM +, Oliver White wrote: As a first step, I was considering adding a module to read GSHHS data [a binary format for coastline data] and give it a name something like Geo::GSHHS. More info at the site: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/wessel/gshhs/gshhs.html

Re: Tie::Array::Sorted

2003-11-12 Thread Tim Bunce
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:42:05PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:16:51PM +0100, Paul Johnson wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:32:13PM +, Simon Cozens wrote: Hi. I'm about to write a module which presents an array in sorted order; $a[0] will always be the

Re: New modules

2003-11-12 Thread James E Keenan
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:22:01 +, Oliver White wrote: Hiya. I'm about to start work on some GIS programming in Perl, and will likely end up with a few modules that might usefully go onto CPAN. From what I've read on the FAQs though, it seems like a bit of a minefield to choose a name

Re: [Module::Build] Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Phil . Moore
OK, maybe I'm missing a LOT of context here, 'cause I haven't been agressively keeping up with this mailing list, but the security hole argument seems a bit odd. These META.yml files we're refering to -- these are meta data for managing the build process, files that will be distributed along

Re: [Module::Build] Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Phil . Moore
Chris == Christopher Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, if I understand this correctly, you're worried about the build process eval'ing the contents of a file I sent you. Hmm. OK, why is that anymore of a concern for eval'ing the perl module I also distributed, too? Isn't that just as

Re: [Module::Build] Re: How to indicate a dependency in my module

2003-11-12 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:11:45PM +, Sam Vilain wrote: On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:29, Michael G Schwern wrote; YAML was chosen because its human readable and writable, its data ^ ^ So long as you're a FREAK who likes INDENTING and