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• What problem is Any::Moose trying to solve? (Score:1)

  by fireartist (6128) on 2009.03.24 9:32 (#67905) Homepage Journal

  I pointed out a couple of weeks ago on a thread you started [1], that Any::Moose really doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem that I perceive is claimed of it.

  Under what circumstances will a CPAN module switching to using Any::Moose help?

  [1] http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/html-formfu/2009-March/001834.html [scsys.co.uk]

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  Take the instance that one of your dependencies starts using Moose: unless you get really lucky and it happens to load before anything using Any::Moose, then the only way to ensure Any::Moose correctly uses Moose rather than Mouse is to keep track of all your dependencies, and every time you update any cpan module, check whether 'Moose.pm' has sneaked into your %INC.
  And then add "use Moose" to your main program, to ensure it's loaded before any "use Any::Moose" statement.

  Now, if you have a thorough application test suite which you run after any upgrade, it's arguable whether or not it's really a problem that parts of the code uses Moose, and other parts Mouse.

  But I would argue that Mouse + Any::Moose only have a legitimate place in end-users' application code, and not cpan modules.

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  • Re: (Score:1)

    by lestrrat (4908)

    Before I go either side, which of Mouse or Moose alone makes more sense than using Any::Moose? Just checking.