Re: Stuff starting with S (and T)

[email protected] (William R Ward) 17 Apr 2000 23:08:39 -0700
Newsgroups perl.sdk
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Nathan Torkington <[email protected]> writes:
> Stephen Zander writes:
> >     Storable-0.6.9.tar.gz
> > 	Storable
> 
> Yes.  Perhaps.  Data::Dumper, Storable, and FreezeThaw all have
> advantages and disadvantages.  I'm not sure whether the solution
> is to include all three, or whether that would create the kind of
> confusion the SDK is supposed to prevent.

I'd say keep Data::Dumper and Storable, but not FreezeThaw.
Data::Dumper and Storable address different but related issues,
whereas FreezeThaw (as far as I can tell; I've never used it)
duplicates the functionality of Storable.

--Bill.

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