[Petal] Re: [use Perl] Stories for 2002-10-15

[Christopher R. Baker]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 05:37:02PM +0100, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> 
> I did discuss that on the modules@perl.org list. I was ready to go for
> XML::Template but people thought that XML:: namespace should contain
> purely SAX based XML tools that process only XML.
> 
> Then there is the option of HTML::Petal but Petal also processes XML so
> it's not really relevant.
> 
> Someone pointed out Template::Petal but I don't want to use that simply
> because the Template Toolkit uses the namespace already and I don't want
> People to think that Petal is related to the template toolkit (other
> than being a templating system), which is only fair I think.
> 
> Basically if the template toolkit was in Template::Toolkit then I'd have
> no problem using Template::Petal. However the template toolkit uses
> 'Template', and yes I _do_ have a problem with that. I mean, why not put
> up a CPAN module called XML.pm while you're at it?
> 
> Thus, Petal it is, Petal it will be.

Uhh.... SGML::Petal? TAL::Petal? Zope::Petal? :-P 

Maybe not. 

Oh well, can't knock you for trying. Sounds like a CPAN problem. 
The XML:: and Template:: restrictions don't make any sense to me. 

=>Chris

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