[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_brian_d_foy) writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Avis ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a namespace for pretend modules, modules which do not exist > > and should not be installed? I was thinking of using names beginning > > with an underscore, it's fairly certain that [EMAIL PROTECTED] will not > > allocate such a namespace to any real modules. > > i've thought of this before when i needed to test various things. > i'd really like to see a reserved namespace that we promise never > to register (just like example.com is a fictitous domain). > > people can still make whatever modules they like on their own > systems, but i guess they can also set up local nameservers to > handle example.com too. > > initially i thought that Perl 6 should know about this special > namespace, but decided against it. it's not really that good if > you can't use it with the actual bits that process other modules. > > to turn this into practice, we just need a gaggle of writers to > start using it as if it always existed. :) > > some suggestions: > > Example::* > Foo::* > Pretend::*
Something that we invoke and does not exist ? Myth::* Chimera::* or more prosaic: Hoax::* half ;-) Cheers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
