On 10/29/07, Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 28, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Ron Savage wrote:
> > From my point of view, as a module author, the spec has the bug in it.
>
> Yet look what happens to everyone's parsing tools when we change the
> spec in the name of "convenience":
> [snip]
> # Can't use string ("Ron Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>") as an ARRAY ref
>
> So I'm starting to reconsider changing it actually.
Before re-engineering the spec for "convenience", remember that this
whole thread would never have started if Module::Install had just
implemented the spec the way it was written.
Whose convenience are people thinking about? The few (if any) that
hand-write their META.yml? As Ken shows, it's not any more
"convenient" for parsers -- they would have to support things both
ways.
David
