On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:19:52PM +0100, Arthur Bergman wrote: > > On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 04:06 pm, Tim Bunce wrote: > > > > >There's no need (or mechanism) to register the name of a namespace, > >only the module(s) within it, e.g., Alien::zlib. > > > >But I think there should be an Alien.pm to provide, > >(interfaces to) services that Alien::foo modules will need > >such as checking if a library is installed. > > > >So I suggest you register an Alien.pm module name. > > > >The Alien module can also serve to document the principles and > >conventions of the Alien::* namespace - such as... > > > > - what 'things' Alien::* modules can relate to > > - how the namespace below Alien:: is managed > > - how version number of an Alien::foo module relates to the > > version number of the alien thing it corresponds to. > > - the interface to the services provided by the Alien module, > >obviously > >etc etc > > > >Tim. > > I thought that is what I did by registering Alien. (Alien.pm) > > In the first round, Alien.pm will be just POD.
It's the "Top level" in the description that threw me. You'll see I've changed it. I hope that's okay. Tim.
