Re: Marquis:: namespace on CPAN.



"MW(n" == Mumia W (reading news) <paduille.4060.mumia.w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

MW(n> On 12/05/2006 10:41 PM, Uri Guttman wrote:
>>>>>>> "MW(n" == Mumia W (reading news) <paduille.4060.mumia.w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> MW(n> I think a good place for me to put my future modules on CPAN
>> is into
>> MW(n> the Marquis:: namespace--which currently does not exist.
>> MW(n> What do the rest of you think of this idea?
>> if this is a personal set of random modules, i would say no. top
>> level
>> namespaces should be used for larger namespaces. why do you want this
>> name? what kind of modules and are they related? does marquis have a
>> technical connection here or is it just a name you like?
>> uri
>>

MW(n> It's just a name I like. Underneath Marquis:: would be a hierarchy of
MW(n> namespaces for the modules I've written such as Marquis::Math and
MW(n> Marquis::Sort.

MW(n> I don't want to create more namespace pollution on CPAN, but I do want
MW(n> to keep my module hierarchy separate from the others.

that is not a good reason to get a top level namespace.

MW(n> The first module I intend to submit is Marquis::Sort::KeyExtract :

what does the Marquis prefix do? the rest is fine as it is.

you can always upload modules to your cpan home dir. email the modules
list to discuss namespaces but they will likely agree with me that there
is no need for this top level name. just put sort modules under Sort::,
etc. your home dir will list all of your modules so you can see them all
that way.

uri

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