On måndag, juli 29, 2002, at 12:50 , Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:

>
> At 10:44 AM 7/29/02 +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> "Thread::Needs" isn't a very descriptive name - it's too general.
>> Something like "Thread::NeedsModules" would be better.
>
> Hmmm...  if that's the only problem you have with it, I'm glad...  ;-)
>
> I was considering something like this, but thought the huffmann coded 
> name Thread::Needs would be sufficient.
>
> Do you have anything particular in mind with which Thread::Needs could 
> confuse people (other than it being applicable to modules?).
>
> I thought that:
>
>   Thread::Needs qw(This::Module That::Module);
>
> is pretty descriptive and shows what it's supposed to do.  But then I 
> may be suffering from tunnel vision in this respect... ;-)
>
>
> Liz
>

I have been thinking maybe it should be called Thread::Modules;

use Thread::Modules qw(foo bar baz); #these must be cloned
no Thread::Modules qw(don't need this); #these should not be cloned

?

Arthur

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