Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-04-12 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> I still think we should have a separate class per language. This Tom> seems cleanest by far. It might seem heavy now, but we'll be Tom> kicking ourselves in a year if we don't do it. I'm convinced Tom :) Really, the only obstacle is t

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-04-11 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Akim> The patch is really a proposal: it relies on a modified version of Akim> Perl 5.6's Class::Struct. The modification are minimal, and just Akim> ensure that it works with 5.005: I like this but we can't use it until the licensing is

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-04-10 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Akim> The patch is really a proposal: it relies on a modified version Akim> of Perl 5.6's Class::Struct. The modification are minimal, and Akim> just ensure that it works with 5.005: I've already weighed in on most of this... Akim> I st

[damian@conway.org (Damian Conway)] Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread Akim Demaille
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Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread Akim Demaille
> "David" == David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> You'll know this yourself, of course, as maintainer of David> "automake", which is why we are agreeing. I'm not an Automake maintainer, just a prolix participant :) Tom Tromey is the maintainer.

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Damian, You are Cc'ed as the Class::Struct maintainer (?). We are considering using Perl 5.6's Class::Struct with Automake, but with perl 5.5 as highest requirement. It works fine once you removed most recent 5.6 features which we don't need in Automake. There are several issues related to th

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread David Lee
On 26 Mar 2001, Akim Demaille wrote: > > "David" == David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David> Wouldn't it be cleaner to talk with the maintainers of > David> Class::Struct with a view to making Class::Struct itself able > David> to work on "lesser" versions of Perl? (And automake cou

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread Akim Demaille
> "David" == David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> Wouldn't it be cleaner to talk with the maintainers of David> Class::Struct with a view to making Class::Struct itself able David> to work on "lesser" versions of Perl? (And automake could then David> use the Real Thing.) That was wh

Re: 85-lang-new-hash.patch

2001-03-26 Thread David Lee
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Akim Demaille wrote: > The patch is really a proposal: it relies on a modified version of > Perl 5.6's Class::Struct. The modification are minimal, and just > ensure that it works with 5.005: > > [...] > > I still have no idea whether the license makes it possible for us t