Re: New script category!

"Giegerich, Clemens PH/DE" wrote:

> Rich Bowen wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Clemens Giegerich wrote:
>>
>> > The name results from a beginner point of view. In our department
>> there
>> > are many users which have only basic knowledge about programming
>> > therefore the script was called after the primary function for
>> this
>> > users: making filter scripts. This is the reason why my first
>> category
>> > request was Text::Filter too.
>>
>> My point was that I have no idea what "filter" means. Presumably it
>> meant something particular to your users. To me, filter means
>> perhaps
>> something that is done to coffee, or not done to fine wines, or what
>>
>> happens to my email before it reaches my mailbox so I get less spam.
>> In
>> the context of regular expressions, or of your script, I don't know
>> what
>> filter means.
>>
>
> That is exactly the point. Instead of filtering coffee, wines or email
> you filtering text (Text:: !!!) by regular expressions or the saved
> scripts.
>
>>
>> > > My opinion, for what it's worth, is that "Regex" might be a more
>>
>> > > appropriate category for this particular program, if I am
>> correctly
>> > > understanding what it does.
>> > >
>> >
>> > If you see the primary function of the script to develop regular
>> > expression than the right category should be Regex:: but the
>> script
>> > should also get a new name as you already mentioned (e.g
>> mkRegex.pl,
>> > regexEvaluater.pl, ...). I developed the script for exactly this
>> purpose
>> > but after some time I mainly used it for filtering too. Now I
>> think the
>> > script should be named and categorized by the beginner point of
>> view
>> > (the primary users).
>> >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Rich Bowen - [email protected]
>> > > ... and another brother out of his mind, and another brother out
>> at
>> > > New
>> > > York (not the same, though it might appear so)
>> > >         Somebody's Luggage (Charles Dickens)
>> >
>> > Any further comments?
>> > What do you think about Regex:: and regexEvaluater.pl?
>>
>> That sounds great to me. I think. :-)
>
> I have no problem with this but it was importand for me to make the
> different semantics clear so that the community can choose the best
> naming.
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nothing is perfekt. Certainly not me.
>> Success to failure. Just a matter of degrees.
>
> Any further opinions (comments)????
>
> Clemens

I think there are no further comments.

Kurt, can you create a new script category Regex?

Thanks!
    Clemens