Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-17 Thread Ariel Scolnicov
Jonathan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0700, Peter Scott wrote: > > At 08:03 PM 8/16/00 +, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > > >Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a > > >file. > > > > Please, no. It's the ultimate sc

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-17 Thread Hildo Biersma
> =head1 DESCRIPTION > > Many other programs have so called "resource configuration" files (at > least that's what I call them) that are loaded and interpretted upon > program startup. Some example programs that have this ability include > bash, mutt, and python. Perl should do the same. > > A

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-17 Thread Hildo Biersma
Steve Simmons wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:03:31PM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > > > Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a > > file. . . . > > > A C file could be used to set system-wide defaults that > > the system administrator would like to prom

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Casey R. Tweten
Today around 7:17pm, Casey R. Tweten hammered out this masterpiece: : Today around 2:34pm, Nathan Wiger hammered out this masterpiece: : : : > Think on this: : : > : : > use perlrc qw/Resource1 Resource5/; # Import only named 'Resources' : : > : : > use perlrc qw/:all/;# Import

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Casey R. Tweten
Today around 2:34pm, Nathan Wiger hammered out this masterpiece: : > Think on this: : > : > use perlrc qw/Resource1 Resource5/; # Import only named 'Resources' : > : > use perlrc qw/:all/;# Import all 'Resources' : : > This sounds much more managable than a .perlrc that get's a

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Nathan Wiger
> Think on this: > > use perlrc qw/Resource1 Resource5/; # Import only named 'Resources' > > use perlrc qw/:all/;# Import all 'Resources' > This sounds much more managable than a .perlrc that get's applied globaly > without asking for it. Bingo. This feature should be off by de

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Steve Simmons
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:03:31PM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a > file. . . . > A C file could be used to set system-wide defaults that > the system administrator would like to promote. For instance, > C could turn on

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Casey R. Tweten
Today around 8:03pm, Perl6 RFC Librarian hammered out this masterpiece: : This and other RFCs are available on the web at : http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ : : =head1 TITLE : : Perl resource configuration : : =head1 VERSION : : Maintainer: Jonthan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Date: 16 Aug

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0700, Peter Scott wrote: > At 08:03 PM 8/16/00 +, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > >Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a > >file. > > Please, no. It's the ultimate scary action-at-a-distance. If the programmer *wants* action-a

Re: RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Peter Scott
At 08:03 PM 8/16/00 +, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: >Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a >file. Please, no. It's the ultimate scary action-at-a-distance. I spent several years doing X programming. Ever seen the flowchart for how resources are resolved? Let

RFC 114 (v1) Perl resource configuration

2000-08-16 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Perl resource configuration =head1 VERSION Maintainer: Jonthan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16 Aug 2000 Version: 1 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Number: 114 =head1 ABSTRACT Perl should