You have been poked. :-) Phil
----- Original Message ----- From: "Perl Authors Upload Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: Module submission Term::Interact > > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: Term::Interact > DSLIP: bdpOp > description: Easily Get Data Interactively From User > userid: PRL (Phil R Lawrence) > chapterid: 8 (User_Interfaces) > communities: > clpm > > similar: > Term::Prompt > > rationale: > > Other modules that deal with user-prompting are "type" fixated > (asking the programmer: are you prompting for a floating point? a > phone number? an international phone number?) This can often involve > cryptic type codes when it comes time to interface with the module. > > Conversely, Term::Interact stays out of the business of building in > types of data to ask the user for. Rather, it allows the programmer > to specify one or more "checks" to apply against the user input. For > example, if the programmer wants a phone number, he can pass ( > regex_check => qr/^\d{10}$/ ) to the module. Besides the built in > checks (sql_check, list_check, regex_check, compare_check) the > programmer can create custom checks if he wants to. > > enteredby: PRL (Phil R Lawrence) > enteredon: Wed Apr 10 13:29:48 2002 GMT > > The resulting entry would be: > > Term:: > ::Interact bdpOp Easily Get Data Interactively From User PRL > > > Thanks for registering, > The Pause Team > > PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: > > Registration form with editing capabilities: > https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=73100000_c880d9c3 4dd061f9&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 > Immediate (one click) registration: > https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=73100000_c880d9c3 4dd061f9&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1 >