>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:09:57 -0400, "Luis E. Muņoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> It indeed looks much more intuitive than before. Just one thing,
>> there's a long standing tradition to discourage
>> extremely::deep::nesting::namespaces. E.g. one could shorten
>> Net::Address to NetAddr. No matter how ugly it looks, it seems
>> understandable and less to type. Leading to
>>
>> IP::Address --> NetAddr::IP
>> Tie::IP::Address --> Tie::NetAddr::IP
>> Net::Subnet::Count --> NetAddr::IP::Count
> This is ok with me, but it will create another item into the 'root' of
> the name space :) I guess it's your call in this one ;) You might want to
> consider Net::Addr::... to avoid the new root name (unless NetAddr already
> exists)
You are right, it's a judgement call. No NetAddr is not an existing
namespace but I'd open it. Existing namespaces matching /^Net/ would
be
Net
NetCDF
NetObj
NetPacket
NetServer
Net__ICal
Netscape
Netware
Network
Where that Net__ICal looks like an accident to me.
--
andreas
