[Pdl-devel] Pull request - use of an Alien module in PDL build process

2015-03-01 Thread Ed
Dear PDL devs, Please see https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdl/pull/21 All comments welcome! Best regards, Ed-- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partne

Re: [Pdl-devel] Pull request - use of an Alien module in PDL build process

2015-03-01 Thread kmx
Hi Ed, Here come my opinions: 1/ Do not call it Allien:: as your approach is definitely different from what you can find in Alien::* namespace on CPAN. Even today the Alien::* moduels are not uniform and you are not helping to make it better. 2/ My suggestion is something like: "ExtUtils::De

Re: [Pdl-devel] Pull request - use of an Alien module in PDL build process

2015-03-01 Thread Christian Walde
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:32:17 +0100, kmx wrote: 1/ Do not call it Allien:: as your approach is definitely different from what you can find in Alien::* >namespace on CPAN. Even today the Alien::* moduels are not uniform and you are not helping to make it better. I think kmx is right on tha

Re: [Pdl-devel] Pull request - use of an Alien module in PDL build process

2015-03-01 Thread Chris Marshall
I think the Alien::HDF4 could be used in this way but using it with ExtUtils::Depends seems to be mixing metaphors. Suggestion (2) seems more in keeping with the usage shown and not pushing a CPAN module until the various questions are answered would be my preference. I would like to see some of