On 2004-09-22, Carl Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've written a module which I propose naming > HTML::Template::Dropdown::Date. > > Please see the POD below for description and usage.
The functionality seems useful. I do suggest using underscores to separate words in method names, rather than CamelCaps. I believe the underscore style is more common on CPAN, and is also what's recommended in "perldoc perlstyle": http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlstyle.html While short identifiers like $gotit are probably ok, use underscores to separate words. It is generally easier to read $var_names_like_this than $VarNamesLikeThis, especially for non-native speakers of English. It's also a simple rule that works consistently with VAR_NAMES_LIKE_THIS. Package names are sometimes an exception to this rule. Perl informally reserves lowercase module names for "pragma" modules like integer and strict. Other modules should begin with a capital letter and use mixed case, but probably without underscores due to limitations in primitive file systems' representations of module names as files that must fit into a few sparse bytes. #### Also, if this really does work fine outside of HTML::Template, consider a more generic name, like CGI:: or HTML:: or WWW:: You will more easily attract users and contributors of other templating systems (or no templating system!) this way. Mark -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stosberg Principal Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Summersault, LLC 765-939-9301 ext 202 database driven websites . . . . . http://www.summersault.com/ . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Html-template-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/html-template-users
