On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, A. Bergman wrote:
>
> > > modid: Text::InputRepository
> > > DSLIP: bmpOg
> > > description: Widget backend for storing/manipulating text
> > > userid: CORLISS (Arthur Corliss)
> > > chapterid: 11 (String_Lang_Text_Proc)
> > > communities:
> > > mailinglists
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am not too happy about this name since it doesn't tell me at all what
> > it does, if it is a widget, perhaps it should be named as a widget?
>
> Now that I think of it, would Text::WidgetRepository make more sense? I
> rejected it originally because I didn't want people to think it was some kind
> of "Widget" repository, instead of a "text" repository for widgets.
>
> I'd be happy with Widget::TextRepository, except that the Widget::* namespace
> doesn't appear to exist, and I hardly think this is a justification for it.
> How many widget-oriented modules are out there that are not tied to a specific
> toolkit?
It's been almost two weeks with no response, and nothing officially registered
on CPAN. So, are we stuck on a name, or is it opposition to the
functionality? Since we've first discussed this my first choice is still
Text::InputRepository since it is designed to make handling of user input much
simpler than worrying about the text itself.
--Arthur Corliss
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