[cgiapp] draft version of "PSGI::Application" and load_tmpl replacement

Mark Stosberg mark at summersault.com
Tue Nov 6 13:58:03 EST 2012


On 11/06/2012 01:55 PM, Giannis Economou wrote:
> On 6/11/2012 8:36 μμ, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>> On 11/06/2012 12:27 PM, Kurt Lidl wrote:
>>> On 11/6/2012 12:24 PM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> * Hash keys for new() must now be upper-case now.
>>>>> Ridiculous. Lower case hash keys are the norm throughout Perl.
>>>>>
>>>>> Upper case is SHOUTING.
>>>> I agree that lower case hash keys are the norm and upper case hash keys
>>>> are shouting. The choice here weas a nod to compatibility with
>>>> CGI::Application, which internally was case-insensitive, but by
>>>> convention, everyone has been using the upper-case keys.
>>>>
>>>> I'm open to reconsidering this point as well, as I would prefer
>>>> lower case going forward myself. Perhaps the upper-case support can be
>>>> pushed into a ::Compat transitional module.
>>> I'd vote for lower-casing them, if you're looking for feedback.
>> I am looking for feedback. Thanks for the opinion.
>>
>>     Mark
>>
> 
> Hello...
> 
> IMHO, there should be no enforcement. If that was a convention I suggest 
> to keep it like this. Conventions play well with TIMTOWTDI, too...
> A discussion on the convention would be ok, but I believe that such 
> enforcements are not really necessary. Documentation can suggest the 
> convention.
> This is my opinion, if I'm not missing something...

Thanks for the feedback.

> +1 for the rest of the API changes.

Thanks for the endorsement!

   Mark



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