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Parse-Marpa (0.206000)

Docs are much better now -- it looks like this module is actually turning into something interesting and (perhaps) useful.

seano - 2008-03-31 12:53:23
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Emacs-Run-ExtractDocs (0.01)

This module provides a single function: export the documentation of an emacs lisp file to a directory. That should be its interface. Instead, it provides a weirdo "OO" interface which is far more verbose than a simple "system '...'".

seano - 2008-03-27 22:24:57
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Nothing-Tiny (1)

Trolls should at least be clever. This one isn't.

seano - 2008-02-09 05:55:22
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Test-Without-Module (0.15)

Great if you develop modules with optional dependencies, since you usually have them all installed. Just run "perl -Mblib -MTest::Without::Module=$whatever $test".

seano - 2007-11-27 07:21:50
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Devel-Declare (0.001006)

This module looks like it might achieve sliced-bread levels of cool, but for now it's pale and half baked. It looks like this mechanism hooks into the Perl parser to give some of the advantages of macros, but you'll have to study the C code (and know some perlguts) to figure out exactly what can be done.

For next release, would you mind adding a "motivation" section and/or some pointers into perlguts?

seano - 2007-11-26 21:18:09
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Sys-Mmap (0.13)

Simple, works as advertised, wish it were core. It's great for mapping in a huge chunk of text and screaming through it with a regex. I haven't benchmarked it, but this is almost certainly much faster than slurping a file when you need read-only access.

seano - 2007-11-10 19:56:46
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Mac-PropertyList-SAX (0.06)

Just what the doctor ordered! I'd previously been frustrated by Mac::PropertyList's performance and used a hand-rolled SAX parser, but no longer. Thanks.

seano - 2007-03-26 22:43:04
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bioperl (1.5.2_RC4)

Awkward interface, O(n^2) performance where you don't expect it... Try to roll your own before using this module.

seano - 2006-11-18 12:31:23
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Module-Build (0.2805)

This is not a review, but a plea to module authors. Please don't require Module::Build (especially via the execrable Module::Build::Compat waiting in ambush in an innocent Makefile.PL) unless you absolutely must. While it may be helpful for complicated Makefiles, in many cases it is simply a reinvented wheel and an annoyance.

seano - 2006-11-04 08:18:39
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