Re: Perl 6 modules plan

2001-08-14 Thread Nathan Wiger
Michael G Schwern wrote: > > I think you misunderstand. This isn't named parameters vs prototyped > parameters vs args as list. The problem is the idea that functions > should accept *multiple styles by default* which the proposed > Module::Interface does. No, it doesn't. Unfortunately, I used

Re: Perl 6 modules plan

2001-08-13 Thread Nathan Wiger
Kirrily Robert wrote: > > I also think there's too much overhead in learning (and remembering) > each library's quirks. My most common mistakes when using CPAN or core > modules occur when the modules have inconsistent interfaces and I forget > which ones take hashes and which take hashrefs, etc

Re: Perl 6 modules plan

2001-08-09 Thread Nathan Wiger
Dan Sugalski wrote: > > At 03:39 PM 8/9/2001 -0400, Kirrily Robert wrote: > >=head1 THINGS THAT NEED DOING > > Add to this "Define required metadata for perl modules". I think Larry > wants version and author as required at the very least. > > FWIW, my current view of "The Module Plan" is for a