On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:21:06 +0200, Robert Joop wrote: Folks
>On 02-04-22 15:06:40 CEST, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: >>(CC'd to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but not anymore to [EMAIL PROTECTED], where >>the >>thread started.) > >i tried to start the thread on [EMAIL PROTECTED] six days ago, but >while >i got my CPAN id in less than 24 hours, my questions weren't >answered. :-) > >>>what is the relation between modules and namespaces? >> >>In many cases it's a one to one relationship, but sometimes it's a >>many to many relationship: one module can use several namespaces >>and >>one namespace may appear in several modules. > >help! >would you care to mention an example so that i can have a look at it? > >>>shouldn't this be X500::DN::Parser? >> >>Apparently, yes! Sorry, needs fixing. > >ron, your module is listed under the heading "Tied Hash File >Interfaces" >in 00modlist.long.html, but i can't see any tie...? >and is it really a database interface? No it is not. I had no control over its allocation to 'Tied Hash File Interfaces'. When I wrote it I did not know what a tie was, so I doubt I chose that category. Perhaps I thought the name meant Tied or Hash or File type Interface!? Yesterday I searched CPAN for my and Robert's modules, and had great difficulty finding them. The major CPAN categories are of course quite old and, while good in a general sense, are far from perfect. Today I would probably choose a Text type category, eg Data Type or (better) String Lang Text Proc. >>This has the side effect that X500::DN is again an unused >>namespace. > >i'll apply for it, willing to move if somebody has a better proposal. > >i think my module fits into data types best. > >rj Having seen the advent of Robert's module, I think the best course would be for me to either: 1) Delete my module permanently, or 2) Delete it under the name X500-DN... and re-enter it under the name X500-DN-Parser... I'm tending towards (1) myself. Feel free to vote on this. Very recently, I deleted VCS::CVS in order to encourage people to use Leon Brocard's VCS suite of modules. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/04/2002 http://savage.net.au/index.html
