[cgiapp] Class::MOP? Really?

[Ron Savage]

Michael Peters wrote:

Hi Michael

>> This isn't a "hey, Class::MOP is the new hotness!" change, is it?
> I think this was a "hey, Class::MOP is really cool. I bet it would make CGI::App
> much simpler...oh wait. Look how slow everything got!". And now we also have
> "Look how big everything got!".

So, pretty please, can we have a guarantee from the 'developer in 
quesiton' that Class::MOP will not be used?

I've just finished reading Perl Best Practices by Damian Conway, and 
compiled a list of 14 class-helper type modules on CPAN (yes, I'm sure 
there are more), since I (too) have been wondering how my future work 
would develop.

I realize there is no one perfect answer to this question, and Damian's 
module Class::Std has a long bug list on RT.

Nevertheless, my vote would be either for Object::InsideOut or 
Class::Std, but only if it was necessary to use such a system in the 
first place. And is it necessary? This is the question. My feeling is: 
No, not for CGI::App.

If you were to start another project, let's call it CGI::Framework, then 
sure, investigate such things, but I can't see how CGI::App needs any of 
this class/meta-class overhead.
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