Re: Differences between Gtk2::SimpleList and Gtk2::Ex::Simple::List

[Thomas Funk <t funk web de>]

muppet wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Thomas Funk <t funk web de> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am wondering what're the differences between those two modules apart
> > from the fact that Gtk2::SimpleList is deprecated in favor of
> > Gtk2::Ex::Simple::List?
> >
> > I've googled around but found nothing told me the reasons... 
> > Would be great if someone can explain it (or give me a link).
>
> As i recall, we realized that placing arbitrary perl modules directly 
> into the Gtk2 namespace was a bad idea in the long run, opening us up to
> the possibility of name clashes and other problems as the upstream code
> grew.  Moving from the original to the new name allowed fixing a couple
> of warts, and the new code continued to evolve.

Thank you very much muppet! This clarifies all :-) 

> From that point of view I will use Gtk2::Ex::Simple::List. Also 
Gtk2::Ex::Simple::Tree for the treeview.

Unfortunately only Debian derivatives have Gtk2::Ex::Simple::List as a
package however Gtk2::Ex::Simple::Tree has nobody (except cpan).

So there's no getting around to ship both modules together with my
package ...

Best,
Thomas

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