Re: [RFC] Glib::filename_(to|from)_unicode => Glib->filename_(to|from)_unicode?

["Robert G. Werner" <robert inreachtech net>]

Marc Lehmann wrote:
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I'm not sure what you are trying to do here.  Your whole argument 
seems to be that since gtk+ was implemented in a language that doesn't 
have object oriented syntactic sugar,  Perl shouldn't use the syntax 
it has to make the API more perlish.

That is very strange.  If people want to use the C api,  they are free 
to write their apps in C.  However,  if they want to use Perl,  they 
should be able to use Perl Idioms.

I can't see that you are very well informed about any work going on in 
CPAN if you insist that making an API more Perlish is the wrong way to go.

Besides,  if you would really like a functional Gtk+ binding in perl, 
 you are free to write one.  There is clearly room for more than one 
binding on CPAN.  Maybe people will like your functional interface 
that requires passing pointers,  etc,  better.

But the dicision on how to implement Gtk+2 in perl in this project was 
made long ago.  The guiding principles are there for all to read in 
the archives of the list.

It is silly for you to insist that using an Object Oriented interface 
to represent Gtk objects in perl is wrong when the original 
implementors of gtk talked about doing OO in C.

Basically,  until you show some code implementing your arguments,  I 
think you are a troll.  And a pretty useless one at that.


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