>>>>> On Thu, 3 May 2001 20:45:59 +0200, "Perl Authors Upload Server"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
> modid: Detect::Module
Up to now you talked about Module::Detect, now it is Detect::Module. Typo?
> DSLIP: Mdpf?
> description: Autodetecting modules at runtime
> userid: RPOLZER (Rudolf Polzer)
> chapterid: 2 (Perl_Core_Modules)
> communities:
> comp.lang.perl.misc
> similar:
> AnyDBM_File
> rationale:
> Detect::Module makes Perl more platform-independent. I noticed that
> not all modules are available on any platform. Using them, however,
> causes the Perl script to die, what is often not what one wants. You
> can just list many modules, from which the first one which exists is
> loaded, so manually editing scripts to make them work on another
> platform is not needed. AnyDBM_File does exactly this, but can only
> be used once in a program. So this module should be included in the
> CPAN because it can save you from installing many modules; Storable
> is an example of a module that is not always there. You could do
> this:
> use Detect::Module qw/:standard/; my $store = Load 'Storable',
> 'FreezeThaw';
> Now you can just use $store->freeze () to freeze data structures
> and do not need to worry which module was used.
> Why this namespace? What does this do? It detects automatically.
> And what does it detect? Modules. So why not Detect::Module?
> And a note about the license: if I understand the GPL correctly, I
> would choose it. I allow changes to this module, and I of course do
> not want to recieve money for this, so it looks appropiate. But I am
> not really sure yet.
> enteredby: RPOLZER (Rudolf Polzer)
> enteredon: Thu May 3 18:45:59 2001 GMT
> The resulting entry would be:
> Detect::
> ::Module Mdpf ? Autodetecting
modules at runtime
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andreas
