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Comment on Perl Module Release: Test-AgainstSchema 0.100 by rjray

rjray — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:50:49 +0000

Well, in this case it’s just telling that this is the initial version :-). I don’t actually auto-generate from the commits, I just copy them across. It’s not very efficient, and I could probably do better if I took some time to write some tools…

Comment on Perl Module Release: Test-AgainstSchema 0.100 by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:18:47 +0000

We really need to get away from change logs being generated by commits. What does it tell me?

Having said that, your docs are very good, and the module looks interesting.

Comment on Perl Module Monday: HTTP::Tiny by David Golden

David Golden — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:30:49 +0000

The major difference is that HTTP::Tiny is under 700 lines of code and has no non-core dependencies, whereas LWP::Simple requires LWP::UserAgent and all of its dependencies. That made HTTP::Tiny suitable for inclusion with core Perl (as of v5.14) so that CPAN can be bootstrapped over HTTP using pure Perl.

In functionality, HTTP::Tiny gives you some slight control over the user agent attributes whereas LWP::Simple gives you only the defaults of LWP::UserAgent. There are probably some minor differences in redirect handling — e.g. HTTP::Tiny will redirect POST requests if and only if the response is 303 (and it will convert to a GET) as per the RFC.

As to why there aren’t helpers for other methods, it’s mostly because of the “Tiny” philosophy that says that only the most essential functions should be included.

Comment on Perl Module Monday: HTTP::Tiny by Mark Dominus

Mark Dominus — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:37:29 +0000

Can you compare it with LWP::Simple?

Comment on Perl Module Monday: IMDB::Film by Robert Sedlacek

Robert Sedlacek — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:33:28 +0000

There’s also TMDB, which provides an API and a bit more free licensing IIRC. I haven’t really used it yet though, so I can’t comment on the designs of the interfaces on CPAN.

Comment on Perl Module Monday: IMDB::Film by Dereferenced.com » Blog Archive » Perl Module Monday: IMDB::Film | Pici's Movie Blog

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:47:46 +0000

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Comment on Perl Module Monday: Growl::Tiny by Elmira

Elmira — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:45:42 +0000

You have more useful info than the British had colinoes pre-WWII.

Comment on Perl Module Monday: Sub::Exporter by Chip

Chip — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:23:05 +0000

I’m rather fond of Exporter::Tidy. The interface is simple and neat. So far any missing features have not felt like problems.

Comment on Perl Module Monday: Object::Tiny (and friends) by Adam Kennedy

Adam Kennedy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:32:18 +0000

Actually, that might be a bug after all.

If you inherit from something that doesn’t have a new method, odds are it should be treated as a role and so we would…

@ISA = ( @ISA, ‘Object::Tiny’ );

Comment on Perl Module Monday: Object::Tiny (and friends) by Steffen Mueller

Steffen Mueller — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:48:50 +0000

Just a bit of additional info: Object::Tiny::XS doesn’t support rw or w accessors because it was written to be an exact drop-in replacement for Object::Tiny as it worked back then. A quick look shows it still works that way, so I’d be inclined to reject a request to add RW variants, though I’d be open for debate.

Either way, once you have O::T::XS, you can add rw accessors as follows:

use Class::XSAccessor accessors => [qw(foo bar baz)];

It also supports write-only accessors using the ‘setters’ parameter and lvalue accessors using ‘lvalue_accessors’:

use Class::XSAccessor
setters => {set_foo => ‘foo’, set_bar => ‘bar’}
lvalue_accessors => [qw(baz)];

Indeed, this requires understanding and using yet another API, but I believe the small featureset and simplicity of Object::Tiny are worth preserving.

I hope this code won’t be mangled. Won’t get my hopes up, though. :)