I wish to rescind the following namespace request. It seemed like a
good idea, but when I tested under Windows, case-insensitive filenames
got in the way. "use Constant" is equivalent to "use constant" under
Windows (and for all I know, some other platforms).
I have renamed the module to Readonly.pm, and will upload it under
that name, and will redo the namespace registration under that name.
I apologize for any trouble this has caused.
Eric J. Roode
Perl Authors Upload Server writes:
>
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
>
> modid: Constant::
> DSLIP: bdprp
> description: Create read-only scalars, arrays, hashes.
> userid: ROODE (Eric J. Roode)
> chapterid: 2 (Perl_Core_Modules)
> communities:
> RPI lily server
>
> similar:
> "use constant" pragma
>
> rationale:
>
> Perl's built-in pragma creates only scalars and lists, creates
> variables that have no leading $ character, and which cannot be
> interpolated into strings. Also, it works only at compile time.
>
> Constant.pm, on the other hand, will work with global variables and
> with lexical ("my") variables. It will create scalars, arrays, or
> hashes, all of which look and work like normal, non-constant Perl
> variables.
>
> Constant.pm uses tied variables, so it has a performance penalty as
> compared to "use constant", but I believe it makes a valuable
> complement to the pragma.
>
> enteredby: ROODE (Eric J. Roode)
> enteredon: Thu Mar 7 20:03:19 2002 GMT
>
> The resulting entry would be:
>
> Constant:: bdprp Create read-only scalars, arrays, hashes. ROODE
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Eric J. Roode [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Software Engineer, Myxa Corporation
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