If you really wanted to go that way then I'd suggest Spreadsheet::Tie::Excel, Spreadsheet::Tie::Gnumeric etc with a Spreadsheet::Tie module acting as an interface.
But I suspect Excel is the only one that'll be implemented as most other spreadsheets can read Excel format. Tim. On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:53:35PM +0100, Simone Cesano wrote: > First of all thanks a lot for answering. Spreadsheet::* sounds good. > > On the other hand, I know it might be late to consider this, but what > happens if someone comes up with an interface to Gnumeric? > > Do we start again with Spreadsheet::TieGnumeric etc.? In this light > what's your opinion on Spreadsheet::Excel::Tie ? Or keep with the > tradition, and go for Spreadsheet::TieExcel? > > Cheers, > > Simone > > Tim Bunce wrote: > > >There's a Spreadsheet::* namespace with things like > >Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Utility and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. > > > >So perhaps Spreadsheet::TieExcel would be good. > > > >Tim. > > > >On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:02:05AM +0100, Simone Cesano wrote: > > > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>I am thinking about uploading a module to CPAN. > >> > >>It is an interface to Excel, so that by tieing filehandles, scalars or > >>arrays you can write transparently to Excel as if it were a Perl > >>variable. > >> > >>I thought about calling the module > >> > >> Tie::Excel > >> > >>providing packages > >> > >> Tie::Excel::Scalar > >> Tie::Excel::File > >> Tie::Excel::Array > >> > >>Anybody have any comments? In particular, is the name the best > >>possible? > >> > >>Regards and thanks, > >> > >>Simone > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
