Re: Postgres perl module namespace - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Postgres perl module namespace
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Msg-id CA+TgmoazCbbtxGEUaFFkArYxq_8r1iwL4kNG+fzJTzcDPRVfBw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Postgres perl module namespace  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:48 AM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 03:39:15PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 3:03 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> >> OK, I count 3 in favor of changing to PgTest::Cluster, 1 against,
> >> remainder don't care.
> >
> > I'd have gone with something starting with Postgres:: ... but I don't care much.
>
> PgTest seems like a better choice to me, as "Postgres" could be used
> for other purposes than a testing framework, and the argument that
> multiple paths makes things annoying for hackers is sensible.

I mean, it's a hierarchical namespace. The idea is you do
Postgres::Test or Postgres::<whatever> and other people using the
Postgres database can use other parts of it. But again, not really
worth arguing about.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com



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