Re: Fwd: Re: DBD::XML

Hi Nigel

>> This usage of $ABCx or $AbcX is a wide-spread convention. E.g.
>> Marpa::* is exclusively used by Jeffrey Kegler, and all ours are
>> MarpaX::*. But there are many, many modules called ${Something}x::* as
>> add-ons to $Something.
>>
>> And yes, for DBI and other it's 'x', elsewhere it's often 'X'.
>
> For clarification, are you saying that my driver should be called
> DBDx::XML?  The reason I ask is that all the DBDx::* modules I could
> find seem to be extensions to DBI or things that use DBI, rather than
> DBI drivers or backends.

Not exactly. I'm rather saying that drivers of specific types (i.e. 
behave in specific ways) do follow a standardized naming convention. 
It's then up to you to decide if your module resembles those others, or not.

> Also would that confuse with the existing DBIx::XML code?  That does
> something entirely different.

Indeed it would. So don't do that :-).

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