Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-16 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 01:24:59PM -0700, Greg Lindahl wrote: > Exercise gear is another source of naming inspiration: > existing modules are WWW::Nike::NikePlus, WWW::Jawbone::Up, > a top level of GPS:: for gps eqipment. And nothing for FitBit. > Not so organized. People search to find modules,

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-14 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 13 September 2013 21:24, Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 09:28:30AM +0100, Pearce, Martyn wrote: >> I think Car::Tesla:: ... is TRT here. >> >> Vehicle is nice and general, but I wouldn't expect to share a >> namespace with stuff for working with my pushbike speedo. Car:: is >> p

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Lindahl
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 09:28:30AM +0100, Pearce, Martyn wrote: > I think Car::Tesla:: ... is TRT here. > > Vehicle is nice and general, but I wouldn't expect to share a > namespace with stuff for working with my pushbike speedo. Car:: is > pretty clear and universal. Internet-of-Things is an am

RE: please help me name a module

2013-09-13 Thread Pearce, Martyn
ing (or at least, I've never seen a definition that's actually useful). -Original Message- From: Eric Wilhelm [mailto:enoba...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: module-authors@perl.org Subject: Re: please help me name a module # from Bill Ward on Thursday 12

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-13 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Bill Ward on Thursday 12 September 2013: >On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Greg Lindahl wrote: >> Vehicle:: doesn't generalize very well to toasters, refrigerators, >> etc. If a new top-level name is a good idea, I'd suggest an >> Internet-of-Things top-level, Thing:: or IoT:: or IOT:: >> .

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-13 Thread Smylers
Greg Lindahl writes: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:38:00PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > > > How about Vehicle::Tesla::ModelS then? > > > > Does putting Device:: in front of that lot actually add anything, > > other than to the unwieldiness of the name? > > Vehicle:: doesn't generalize very well to to

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Bill Ward
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:38:00PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > > > How about Vehicle::Tesla::ModelS then? > > > > Does putting Device:: in front of that lot actually add anything, other > > than to the unwieldiness of the name? > > Vehicle:: does

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Greg Lindahl
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:38:00PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > How about Vehicle::Tesla::ModelS then? > > Does putting Device:: in front of that lot actually add anything, other > than to the unwieldiness of the name? Vehicle:: doesn't generalize very well to toasters, refrigerators, etc. If a new t

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Smylers
David Precious writes: > On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:15:22 +0100 > David Cantrell wrote: > > > I'd go for Device::Car::Tesla(::ModelS)?. Car, not Auto, because in > > most of the English-speaking world auto means automatic, not > > automobile. > > Also, I would suggest including the ::ModelS, as it'

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Bill Ward
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Smylers wrote: > David Precious writes: > > > On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:15:22 +0100 > > David Cantrell wrote: > > > > > I'd go for Device::Car::Tesla(::ModelS)?. Car, not Auto, because in > > > most of the English-speaking world auto means automatic, not > > > autom

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Bill Ward
I'd suggest Vehicle instead of Car since future instances might be trucks, vans, motorcycles, etc. Sent from my phone (sorry if my reply is brief, ask me again when I'm at a real keyboard) On Sep 12, 2013 1:47 AM, "Aaron Trevena" wrote: > On 12 September 2013 07:58, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: >

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread David Precious
On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:15:22 +0100 David Cantrell wrote: > I'd go for Device::Car::Tesla(::ModelS)?. Car, not Auto, because in > most of the English-speaking world auto means automatic, not > automobile. This ^. Also, I would suggest including the ::ModelS, as it's entirely possible that Tesla

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread David Cantrell
I'd go for Device::Car::Tesla(::ModelS)?. Car, not Auto, because in most of the English-speaking world auto means automatic, not automobile. -- David Cantrell This electrogram was despatched by wireless field telegraph. I would therefore ask that the recipient be so kind as to excuse any failu

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 12 September 2013 07:58, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Greg Lindahl [2013-09-11 22:45]: >> I have a module that talks to my car, a Tesla Model S. You can get >> speed and position, remotely turn on the AC, all that good stuff. > > Cool!! +1 serious envy! >> These sorts of things are sometim

Re: please help me name a module

2013-09-12 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Greg Lindahl [2013-09-11 22:45]: > I have a module that talks to my car, a Tesla Model S. You can get > speed and position, remotely turn on the AC, all that good stuff. Cool!! > These sorts of things are sometimes called the Internet of Things, or > IOT. > > Looking in CPAN I don't see any ex

please help me name a module

2013-09-11 Thread Greg Lindahl
I have a module that talks to my car, a Tesla Model S. You can get speed and position, remotely turn on the AC, all that good stuff. These sorts of things are sometimes called the Internet of Things, or IOT. Looking in CPAN I don't see any existing modules for cars or mentioning the Internet of T

please help me name a module

2013-09-11 Thread Greg Lindahl
I have a module that talks to my car, a Tesla Model S. You can get speed and position, remotely turn on the AC, all that good stuff. These sorts of things are sometimes called the Internet of Things, or IOT. Looking in CPAN I don't see any existing modules for cars or mentioning the Internet of T

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-20 Thread Ben Deutsch
Hello Paul, I have a similar conundrum. I'm writing a suite of preprocessors for > Rozenshtein delta functions (aka Encoded Characteristic functions). > The basic idea is really simple […] > > Right now, I'm considering the Text::Rewrite::DeltaExpression::(.*) > namespace where $1 is the targe

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-20 Thread Ben Deutsch
Hello everyone, How about creating Text::Filter::LowerCase and > Text::Filter::Unpunctuate as derived classes of Text::Filter? I had peeked at Text::Filter before, and had deemed it great as a transport mechanism (handling various in- and outputs, which my module deliberately would *not* co

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-20 Thread Darren Chamberlain
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Brian Katzung wrote: > On second thought... Text::Filter::NoPunctuation is probably better than > ::Unpunctuate. ::StripPunctuation would be even more descriptive. -- Darren Chamberlain

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-20 Thread Brian Katzung
On second thought... Text::Filter::NoPunctuation is probably better than ::Unpunctuate. However, a more general solution might be Text::Filter::Transliterate (using "tr" with "from" and "to" mappings passed to the filter) and Text::Filter::Delete (deleting characters specified according to a

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-20 Thread Paul Bennett
I have a similar conundrum. I'm writing a suite of preprocessors for Rozenshtein delta functions (aka Encoded Characteristic functions). The basic idea is really simple, and I imagine embedded quite deeply in the Perl psyche. The idea is that the delta function δ[x⊜y], where ⊜ is any comparison ope

Re: Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-19 Thread Brian Katzung
Ben, How about creating Text::Filter::LowerCase and Text::Filter::Unpunctuate as derived classes of Text::Filter? - Brian On 2012-12-19 13:56, Ben Deutsch wrote: Hello, I'm writing a small module to apply "lossy" filters to text, to enable better subsequent lossless compression. For exam

Please help me name a module for lossy text compression

2012-12-19 Thread Ben Deutsch
Hello, I'm writing a small module to apply "lossy" filters to text, to enable better subsequent lossless compression. For example, "Hello, World!" would become "hello, world!" with the "lowercase" filter, or "Hello World" with the punctuation removal filter. This does not apply the actual com