On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 06:54:16AM +1000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote:
> Dear Gentlemen,
> 
> I am sorry to ask such a stupid question but what should I do, 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:38:33PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:18:20AM -0800, Sean M. Burke wrote:
> > > 
> > > >  modid:       Nagios::Web_Trx
> > > 
> > > What do we think about modules with underscores in their names?  Are they a 
> > > problem for anyone?
> > 
> > I don't think so, but they are unconventional for perl modules.
> > And Trx isn't a great acronym anyway. I'd suggest:
> > 
> >     Nagios::WebTransact
> > 
> > Tim.
> 
> I am happy with the name - any name; should I replace the module name
> and upload another submission ?

That would be nice, for the community, but no one will shoot you if you don't.

Tim.

> FWIW, the module has been running happily on two or three sites (one
> Linux, one FreeBSD and one unknown) for more than 6 months; I had no
> idea that underscores are deprecated in module names - although, yes, I
> have never seen a module with an underscore in its name.
> 
> Yours sincerely.
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Stanley Hopcroft
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> 
> '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
> continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
> Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a
> manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes
> me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know
> for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...'
> 
> from Meditation 17, J Donne.

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