Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:58:57PM -0500, Steve Simmons wrote: Note that it may not be possible to satisfy conflicting requests. If module CA and module CB demand two different versions of the same module CC, the compiler should halt and state the module conflicts. Pardon me for

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread Branden
Paul Johnson wrote: Note that it may not be possible to satisfy conflicting requests. If module CA and module CB demand two different versions of the same module CC, the compiler should halt and state the module conflicts. Pardon me for sniping at a great RFC, but I already

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread Steve Simmons
Paul Johnson wrote: Has anyone considered the problems associated with XS code, or whatever its replacement is? Pardon my ignorance, but what's XS code?

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread David Grove
Steve Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Has anyone considered the problems associated with XS code, or whatever its replacement is? Pardon my ignorance, but what's XS code? Simply put (and paraphrastically, so don't nitpick, anyone), XS is using a funky type of

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread Steve Simmons
Many thanks to all for the pointers. Paul Johnson wrote: I don't think any proposal of this nature would be conplete without a consideration of these aspects. Agreed.

RE: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-15 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Steve Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Paul Johnson wrote: Has anyone considered the problems associated with XS code, or whatever its replacement is? Pardon my ignorance, but what's XS code? Extra code is. Which knack had you obfuscation for could left out have been. --Yoda

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-02-14 Thread Steve Simmons
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:08:01PM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote: Discussion of RFC 271 and 194 on pre and post handlers for subroutines reminded me of Larry's desire for Perl 6 to support the coexistence of different versions of modules. Besides http://dev.perl.org/rfc/78.pod, are there any

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-01-27 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:37:23 -0500, Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: from what I remember we discussed an idea to allow people and organizations to produce their own list of approved modules. This is already possible with the CPAN::Site module. For example, if Oracle had

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-01-27 Thread Piers Cawley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas J. Koenig) writes: On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:37:23 -0500, Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: from what I remember we discussed an idea to allow people and organizations to produce their own list of approved modules. This is already possible with the

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-01-27 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
Larry mumbled something like "implements" and "interface". So to say package Net::FTP::Foo implements Net::FTP; But I don't think, anybody wrote an RFC about the plan. I did. Or something like it. And I've got a couple of modules on CPAN (that I really must document better)

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-01-27 Thread Piers Cawley
Jarkko Hietaniemi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Larry mumbled something like "implements" and "interface". So to say package Net::FTP::Foo implements Net::FTP; But I don't think, anybody wrote an RFC about the plan. I did. Or something like it. And I've got a couple of

Re: RFC on Coexistance and simulaneous use of multiple module version s?

2001-01-26 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:08:01PM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote: Discussion of RFC 271 and 194 on pre and post handlers for subroutines reminded me of Larry's desire for Perl 6 to support the coexistance of different versions of modules. Besides http://dev.perl.org/rfc/78.pod, are there any