Re: Help name Perl module (for file parsing)

2013-08-05 Thread Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯
The "Geo" top-level namespace is appropriate. How about Geo-WinDesc? That seems to fit if the data format is known primarily after its originating application. cpan[1]> d //Geo-/ Reading '/home/daxim/.local/share/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:53:02 GMT

Re: Proposal For A Module To Generate Regular Expressions

2013-08-05 Thread Shawn H Corey
On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:45:52 -0500 Brian Katzung wrote: > Good point. I read the OP's example and understood it to be > case-insensitive, but even having seen it spelled out still didn't > protect me from forgetting the detail (a "broken understanding") > later. :-) Having it spelled out is su

Re: Proposal For A Module To Generate Regular Expressions

2013-08-05 Thread Brian Katzung
On 2013-08-05 10:58, David Cantrell wrote: On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:13:59 -0500 Brian Katzung wrote: That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure you're accomplishing your stated goals. Consider that the RE /^\s*test\s*$/ is 14 chara

Help name Perl module (for file parsing)

2013-08-05 Thread Niall Durham
Hello, I'm seeking help naming my Perl module to parse the save file format of a specific application. The module will likely stay read-only as I don't assume demand exists for writing. I've looked at both File::Format:: and Parse:: but the former seems abandoned and the latter doesn't seem a go

Re: Proposal For A Module To Generate Regular Expressions

2013-08-05 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:13:59 -0500 > Brian Katzung wrote: > > That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure you're accomplishing > > your stated goals. Consider that the RE /^\s*test\s*$/ is 14 > > characters and you've coded it in 91

Re: Proposal For A Module To Generate Regular Expressions

2013-08-05 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 01:30:55PM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:03:51 +0200 > Lars D? ? wrote: > > This would be better in the Regexp top level namespace instead of > > occupying its own: > I chose the short name so it would be remembered. Long names