Re: DateTime::Lite

> Isn't this just a test of load times? How could using methods vs 
> functions make any difference to a module's load times?

ah, well, um, I was still waking up when I wrote the email?


> Yes, it makes sense that not creating all those namespaces would reduce 
> memory usage.
> 
> I'm a little leary of changing things now, since it'd be backwards 
> incompatible. I wonder if anyone actually relies on those objects having 
> a namespace that includes the time zone though.

As a programmer I'd say to hell with wasted memory, but as a product 
manager, I'd say keep it in the current state until you come up with a 
major upgrade (version 1.00, or something).

At this point I'd rather see DateTime as a possibly heavy, but reliable 
reference point than to have its interface changed, so I can safely 
recommend DateTime.pm to anybody, while sneaking things like DT::Lite as 
a quick hack.


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