Quoting gregor herrmann (2017-04-12 23:30:08)
> Control: tag -1 + confirmed
>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:37:28 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Given a Perl module::
> >
> > use Debian::Control::Stanza::Source;
> >
> > my $s = Debian::Control::Stanza::Source->new( {
> > 'Build-Depends' => "debhelper",
> > 'VCS-Git' => "https://example.org/";,
> > } );
> >
> > The above code causes the error message::
> >
> > Invalid field given (VCS_Git) at ./foo.pl line 6.
> >
> > The spelling “VCS-Git” is not invalid. Debian Policy §5.1 specifies
> > that “Field names are not case-sensitive […]”.
>
> Thank you, that's indeed an issue.
>
> > The library should allow field names without regard to their
> > capitalisation. For example, the names “vcs-git”, “Vcs-Git”,
> > “VCS-Git”, “vcS-gIt” should all be interpreted as the same field name
> > by ‘libdebian-source-perl’.
>
> Right. Unfortunately that's not so easy, as these field names are not
> just strings but they are also automatically generated accessors; the
> error message above is in fact the user-friendly version of the
> underlying problem:
>
>
> % perl -MDebian::Control::Stanza::Source -E '$s =
> Debian::Control::Stanza::Source->new(); say $s->Vcs_Git; say $s->VCS_Git;'
>
> Can't locate object method "VCS_Git" via package
> "Debian::Control::Stanza::Source" at -e line 1.
>
>
> Maybe someone has an idea how we can simulate something like
> case-insensitive method names?A dirty but (I guess) effective approach would be to compute all upper- and lowercase combinations, and create aliases for the accessors. For Moo there is MooX::Aliases to help with the latter part - but seems Debian::Source does not use Moo. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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