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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ken Williams wrote:
I'm hoping to use YAML as the format for the metadata file,
If anyone really thinks I really really have to use XML, speak up.
Well... yeah... I can't see any reason for expecting users to learn a
new
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Edward Avis wrote:
Well... yeah... I can't see any reason for expecting users to learn a
new markup format. XML is not ideal but it's widely known and *good
enough*, just like Perl.
I suppose that using somebody else's markup language (YAML) is better
than making your
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Dave Rolsky wrote:
Anyway, I think it's mostly moot. YAML is darn easy to use:
print Store ($data_struct);
my $data = Load($text);
and that, along with human-readability and minimal requirements probably
makes it a done
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Michael G Schwern wrote:
I'm not quite sure I get this one. What's writing the YAML?
print $fh Store { version = $version, prereqs = \%prereqs };
All I meant was that no one will have to use a text editor to generate
actual YAML.
-dave
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:45:21AM -0500, Dave Rolsky wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Edward Avis wrote:
And as long as no one intends that module authors actually _write_ it
(by text editor) then I think it's just fine.
By that argument what is wrong with Storable?
It's not human
ESEVERELYOVERLATINIZED
On Wed, 22 May 2002 12:55:46 -0400, Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So we basically still have the moral equivalent of a Makefile.PL, only it's
run by the author before distribution to generate a static data file which
is distributed avoiding the need to run
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:31:02PM -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:
+$ IF F$SEARCH(t.DIR) .NES.
+$ THEN
+$! building CPAN version
+$ BFD_TEST_ROOT = F$PARSE([.t]NO_CONCEAL)-.][00-][-].;+.]
+$ ELSE
+$! we're in the core
+$ BFD_TEST_ROOT =
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 07:49:52PM -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:
Perl 5.6.1 on OpenVMS Alpha 7.1 with just-downloaded MM snapshot now gives:
t/command...
# Failed test (t/command.t at line 53)
# '00setup_dummy.%'
# doesn't match '(?-xism:00setup_dummy.t)'
On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 02:38 AM, Michael G Schwern wrote:
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:31:27AM -0500, Dave Rolsky wrote:
YAML ain't a markup language
It's a data serialization language.
And as long as no one intends that module authors actually
_write_ it (by
text editor) then I
On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 02:55 AM, Michael G Schwern wrote:
So we basically still have the moral equivalent of a
Makefile.PL, only it's
run by the author before distribution to generate a static data
file which
is distributed avoiding the need to run or parse any code or
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