Thanks to everyone for their input. There was quite a bit more discussion than I expected and most who have commented about the module seem rather jazzed by the idea.
While the alternate implementation ideas sound interesting, I see no compelling reason to change the interface. In large part this is because I have (with the permission of Rentrak, Inc.), reimplemented their "Aliased.pm" code that I and many others have been using for a long time. The syntax is quite natural and has stood the test of time in a company that produces enterprise-class code (if you'll forgive the buzzword.) I was going to list the choices for the name and put things up for a vote. However, I've decided that I will simply go with aka.pm (with explanations in the POD for those unfamiliar with the acronym for "also known as"). I realize that not everyone will be happy with that but I can't please everyone. Instead, I'll settle for the name that is short enough to fit my primary goal and is acceptable enough to programmers that I won't be screamed at too much. In emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED], brian d foy wrote back with some thoughts but didn't seem to have a problem with calling this module a pragma, so I think this is good to go. I'll shoot another email to that list and barring some last minute objection, I hope to have this uploaded tomorrow. Cheers, Ovid ===== Silence is Evil http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/philosophy/decency.html Ovid http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=17000 Web Programming with Perl http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/
