RE: [cgiapp] internal name space issue for Plugins (was: Re: Param method?)

["Dan Horne" <suppressed>]

> From: news [mailto:suppressed On Behalf Of Mark Stosberg
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:01
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> Subject: [cgiapp] internal name space issue for Plugins (was: 
> Re: Param method?)
> 
> 
> On 2005-07-04, Dan Horne <suppressed> wrote:
> >
> > It seems to me that the namespace issue is problematic. For 
> instance 
> > what constitutes a C::A attribute? How about a plugin? For 
> example -- 
> > and it's a contrived example, I'm afraid -- 
> > CGI::Application::Plugin::DBH uses $self->{__DBH} to store 
> its handle, 
> > but what if I unknowingly wrote a plugin that uses the same 
> attribute, 
> > and third party uses both plugins and gets a collision? It 
> seems that 
> > there should be some kind of naming convention for Plugins.
> 
> There is a naming convention for this. It's documented in 
> CGI::Application under the heading "Writing Plugins".  (If 
> you have a suggestion on how this could be clear, please send 
> a patch.  )
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/~markstos/CGI-Application-4.01/lib/CGI/
>Application.pm#Writing_Plug-ins

>It happens that the ::DBH plugin pre-dates the recommendation and chooses
not to follow it.

Ahh, my bad. I haven't read the latest doco - since I'm on an older version
of C::A

Dan


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