* demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-05T10:23:45] > 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.
I was making a random example of something that used something it probably didn't need, and that used something that might be emulable by core modules. -- rjbs
