On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 05:49 PM, _brian_d_foy wrote:
> [ i'm also sending this along to [EMAIL PROTECTED] where other > Mac namespace issues have been discussed ] > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Perl Authors > Upload Server <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: >> >> modid: Tk::MacCopy > > i think there must be a better name for this, on two counts: > > Tk::MacCopy and Tk::MacProgessBar are Classic Mac stuff, > so i don't think that name is descriptive enough > > What if other people want to extend these modules for > other interfaces (Windows, etc?) > > how about something like: > > Tk::Copy::Mac > Tk::ProgressBar::Mac > > which leaves rooms for > > Tk::ProgressBar::Win32 > ... > > as well as meta widgets, although i don't know how you'd get > this stuff into Tk::ProgressBar. > > i'm not sure how you would want to distinguish Classic from > Aqua though, unless you simply make Mac mean Classic and > Aqua mean OS X. > > Tk::ProgressBar::Mac --> Classic > Tk::ProgressBar::Aqua --> OS X > OK, I can agree with this scheme - I'll wait until the Mac folks chime in..... I suppose if I don't hear anything in a few days I'll resubmit with these names: Tk::Copy::Mac Tk::ProgressBar::Mac Thanks, Steve
