On 4/5/06, Ricardo SIGNES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said, I don't dispute the point that it can be wildly obnoxious when > "Something::Trivial" requires DBD::MySQL and Data::Dump::Streamer when it > could > use neither -- or at least rely on AnyDBM and Data::Dumper. It will just > meant > that fewer people want to use that trivial module because it takes longer to > install and is less well-tested by virtue of its dependencies.
Interesting example. What module do you mean? I wasnt aware that there were very many modules that have dependencies on DDS. OTOH, if it has to do with proper serilization (of closures, or cyclic data structures) then Data::Dumper just wont cut it. Cheers, Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
