Re: Standalone Pango, take two

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de> wrote:

> From: Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>
> Subject: Standalone Pango, take two
> To: gtk-perl-list gnome org
> Cc: "Watson, Cory" <jheephat gmail com>, clkao clkao org
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 7:39 AM

[snip]

> 
> • The yellow-wiring foreach loop in Gtk2.pm worries me a
> bit:
> 
>   foreach my $key (keys %Pango::) {
>     *{"Gtk2::Pango::" . $key} =
> *{"Pango::" . $key};
>   }
> 
> It automatically maps everything from Pango::* to
> Gtk2::Pango::*.  This includes some stuff that probably
> shouldn't be there, like BEGIN or bootstrap or
> dl_load_flags or EXPORT*.  See the complete list:
> 
>   perl -MPango -le'map { print } keys %Pango::' |
> sort
> 
> More importantly even, the loop will also automatically map
> over any new API we add to Pango, thus indirectly changing
> Gtk2's API.  Is it better to hardcode the stuff that
> should be mapped over?

[snip]

> -Torsten

I think the safest approach is to export/map _nothing_.

If one needs method/data, he/she should explicitly prefix it with
package name.

Regards,
  Sergei.