Re: Deprecate $_[KERNEL]?

2004-02-22 Thread Chris Winters
On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:31 PM, Rocco Caputo wrote: ... Thinking things through, it also allows POE::Kernel to possibly export functions that look and feel like built-ins. So we get the possibility of a fourth idiom: use POE::Kernel qw(delay); delay(...); This idea squicks me out, but I figured

Re: Deprecate $_[KERNEL]?

2004-02-22 Thread Alex J. Avriette
First, yeah. Squick city. On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:31:41PM -0500, Rocco Caputo wrote: > So someone unclear on the $_[KERNEL] concept needed some help with it > on IRC. They wanted to call a function that set a delay in the > current session, but they didn't understand that $_[KERNEL] is a > r

Deprecate $_[KERNEL]?

2004-02-22 Thread Rocco Caputo
So someone unclear on the $_[KERNEL] concept needed some help with it on IRC. They wanted to call a function that set a delay in the current session, but they didn't understand that $_[KERNEL] is a reference to an object (a singleton) and didn't magically appear in called subroutines. For example

Re: List admin: Please tag list message subjects with [poe]

2004-02-22 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:06:35PM -0800, Tim Wood wrote: > > I'd like to continue following the discussion, but the effort of > clearing out old msgs. makes me want to quit. Can someone (Rocco?) > make this 2 min. change? I can't make it myself, but I know who to ask to do it. Adding [POE] to

List admin: Please tag list message subjects with [poe]

2004-02-22 Thread Tim Wood
I'd like to continue following the discussion, but the effort of clearing out old msgs. makes me want to quit. Can someone (Rocco?) make this 2 min. change? Thx, TW

Re: Test Reforms

2004-02-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Rocco" == Rocco Caputo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rocco> Added to the plan: Rocco> At some point, the cookbook and possibly the tutorials should be Rocco> bundled into CPAN distributions. Perhaps POE::Tutorials or Rocco> POE::Examples, so the low-tech and high-altitude crowds can a

Re: Module naming conventions

2004-02-22 Thread Exide Arabellan
Rocco Caputo wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:44:28AM -0800, Exide Arabellan wrote: Im working on a module that utilizes POE::Component::Server::TCP. Being the neat freak that i am, im inclined to name the module POE::Component::Server::TCP::MUD, though it seems rather cumbersome. I've seen ot

Re: Test Reforms

2004-02-22 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 04:49:53AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Rocco" == Rocco Caputo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rocco> POE still ships with about 200K of samples, and it will continue to > Rocco> until they're replaced by cookbook recipes or tutorials. The plans > Rocco> have

Re: Separate questions and development lists?

2004-02-22 Thread Exide Arabellan
Rocco Caputo wrote: The heavy development discussions may be scaring people off. Is it time to split the list into development and questions tracks? Proposed options (revise and amend as necessary): 1. No. It's too early to tell. This would be my suggestion. 2. Yes. a. Move the help/questio

Re: Test Reforms

2004-02-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Rocco" == Rocco Caputo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rocco> POE still ships with about 200K of samples, and it will continue to Rocco> until they're replaced by cookbook recipes or tutorials. The plans Rocco> have been on display for months at Rocco> http://poe.perl.org/?POE_RFCs/Deprecate_S