>>>>> On Sun, 20 May 2001 23:50:09 -0500 (CDT), Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On 21 May 2001, Andreas J. Koenig wrote:
>> But Getargs has one advantage over Params: it pre-existed. Params made
>> up a new rootleval namespace and I wonder what it might be good for
>> that cannot be served by Getargs.
> To which I can only reply "huh?"
> Getargs:: did not pre-exist. The only module in that namespace is
> Raphael Manfredi's Getargs::Long, which was released _after_
> Params::Validate by about a month!
I stand corrected, well to be exact, your upload was 12 days ahead,
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 10589 Feb 19 19:26
D/DR/DROLSKY/Params-Validate-0.01.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 13104 Mar 1 19:44
R/RA/RAM/Getargs-Long-0.1.0.tar.gz
but are you sure your registration was?
Your mail was sent Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:06:13 -0600 (CST)
and Raphael's was sent Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:52:26 +0200
Getargs::Long is listed in the Module list since $Revision: 3.64
$$Date: 2000/10/27 07:12:33 $
I can't make any sensible suggestion here. I'd ask you both to
cross-reference each other's module in your POD so that people can
find the other.
> So we both simply made up our own namespaces. The difference is that his
> has gotten listed and mine has not. Admittedly, both modules may belong
> in the same namespace. But my opjection to Getargs:: still stands. It is
> too close to Getopt:: and my module doesn't actually do any 'getting', it
> only validates.
> As to the 'what it might be good for' bit. If you're referring to the
> modules themselves, they are similar in aims but very different in
> interface and capabilities. They are definitely both useful. If you're
> referring to the namespace, I do think that both modules should share a
> namespace, but not Getargs::.
Let's agree to disagree. Fine by me.
--
andreas
