NeilB

Until this weekend I was only vaguely aware of the Perl QA Hackathons. Something led me to the attendees page for the Perl QA Hackathon 2012. If you scroll down to the section "Registered, seeking sponsorship", you'll see a list of names, many of which you'll recognise, along with a list of things they're planning on working on.

If you see something listed that you want, or think Perl will benefit from, why not ="http://2012.qa-hackathon.org/qa2012/…

I've just updated the review of modules for defining constants:

When writing a review of CPAN modules I have a rule that if I come across an issue, I have to do my best to see it resolved. My process for this is something like:

I've published a review of CPAN modules for defining constants. This covers the following modules:

Attribute::Constant • Config::Constants • Const::Fast • constant • constant::def • constant::defer • constant::lexical • constant::our • Constant::Generate • Constant::FromGlobal • Devel::Constants • ex::constant::vars • Readonly • Readonly::XS • Scalar::Constant • Scalar::Readonly

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I've seen a number of modules marked as depreciated, rather than deprecated.

deprecate: To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out.

depreciate:

1. To lessen the price or value of.
2. To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.

I'm guessing that people aren't using their CPAN work to help balance their …