Re: Module Naming: a Path::Iter::Rule subclass which scans FTP sites

Correction, it subclasses Path::Iterator:Rule, which makes the names even
longer!


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Diab Jerius <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I've developed a module which subclasses Path::Iter::Rule and uses
> Net::FTP to scan FTP sites [1].  I'm stuck on naming it.
>
> * Net::FTP::Rule (the current working name)
> is just plain opaque.
>
> * Path::Iter::Rule::FTP
> seems backwards. FTP should be up front.  On the other hand, maybe PIR
> will one day have a plugin system and will automatically choose a backend
> based on the input path.  That would be cool!
>
> * Path::FTP::Iter::Rule
> I think FTP should be up front
>
>
> * Net::FTP::Path::Iter::Rule
> is really long, but has all of the key elements in it.
>
> * Net::FTP::Iter::Rule
> doesn't imply anything about a path, so I'm not sure what it does.
>
> ​​​Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Diab
>
> [1] https://metacpan.org/pod/release/DJERIUS/Net-FTP-Rule-
> 0.01-TRIAL/lib/Net/FTP/Rule.pm
>