On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:53:58PM +0200, Fagyal, Csongor wrote: > >I would like to allow for - in XMLSubs tag names by converting > >them to underscore "_" automatically when converted to perl subroutine > >names. > >dash or "-" is not allowed in perl subroutine names which prevents them > >from being used in XMLSubs tag currently.
I've only used XMLSubs a little (basically, just to replace <!--#include-->), but here's my two cents: I believe I think tags with '-' in their name is seen from time to time in normal XML, so it would make sense for XMLSubs to support this too. > Sounds nice, but what if you have both <my:table-sql/> and > <my:table_sql> ? Then both of them would map to table_sql(), I suppose, since table-sql() cannot exist. It *is* inconsistent for the Perl subroutine name to not match the XML tag name, and this can cause a bit of confusion, but this may be the lesser of two evils if having tags with '-' is important. > What about converting '-' to '__' ? (That is two '_' -s). I think that makes it even more confusing. Another thought: Isn't a subroutine name just a string? Is there really no way to force Perl to allow a - in the name, by escaping it somehow? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
