File-Spec
(0.85)
I have a love/hate relationship with File::Spec. Its existence is a great thing, and everyone should use it or something like it. But its interface was never really designed, it was sort of extracted from some code in ExtUtils::MakeMaker. It's actually fairly difficult to write code that uses File::Spec for anything complicated on multiple platforms, though.
I maintain File::Spec because it's an absolutely essential part of Perl's toolkit. I created Path::Class because I think we can probably do better than File::Spec.
Ken Williams - 2003-09-02T18:32:33
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File-Spec
(0.85)
A very useful module that more people should use, especially so more bugs can be uncovered, increasing the module's reliability and stability across platforms.
Chris Nandor - 2003-08-25T21:55:59
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File-Spec
(0.85)
I love File::Spec. I couldn't operate without it. I've forgotten what directory seperator my file sytem uses. I redirect my cron jobs to `perl -MFile::Spec -e 'print File::Spec->devnull()'`. Well, not really, but I do like the module a lot.
jamesduncan - 2003-08-12T08:49:01
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