Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread J. Peng
sure, you can inherit from a parent class. like, package math::myClass; use base 'math'; my_method { ... } 1; On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, is there a way to add to existing modules instead of creating a new one. > For example, the routine

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread Sharan Basappa
BTW, is there a way to add to existing modules instead of creating a new one. For example, the routine I am writing might fit perfectly in math module. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok. That clarifies ... > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM, J.

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread Sharan Basappa
ok. That clarifies ... On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM, J. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Sharan Basappa > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks, I will take a look. But going by the webpage, it seems to me > > that the changes will > > to the language i

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread J. Peng
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, I will take a look. But going by the webpage, it seems to me > that the changes will > to the language itself and chnages to compiler. But what I want to > contribute is a subroutine? > Is this the right way to

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread Sharan Basappa
Thanks, I will take a look. But going by the webpage, it seems to me that the changes will to the language itself and chnages to compiler. But what I want to contribute is a subroutine? Is this the right way to go? On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:03 PM, J. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to perl5 or p

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread J. Peng
to perl5 or perl6? for perl5 you can subscribe to this list: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl5-porters otherwise for perl6 you can subscribe to: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl6-internals good luck on the processing. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAI

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread Sharan Basappa
Thanks a lot. Actually, what I was looking for is how do I contribute a subroutine like stuff to perl. Most of the scripts listed in the link are standalone utilities that achieve something. What I want to conrtibute is something more basic. Lets say someone (just for theory) wanted to contribute a

Re: contributing to perl

2008-03-21 Thread J. Peng
You can contribute it to CPAN as a single perl script. See this guide: http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_contribute_scripts On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was thinking of contributing a utility function to perl. Want to > know what