> From: Gavin Thomas Nicol [mailto:]
> > I agree
> > that programmers usually prefer to work
> > at the level of the API, but things like
> > hidden namespace values force them to
> > go back and look at the data model.
>
> I'd say the API or the data model is broken in that case.
And what if you're the Desparate Perl Hacker?
Oh, I don't know... I guess we'll either all become namespace scoping rule
resolution experts, or there'll be libraries to do our thinking for us.
Nothing can ever be simple where engineers are involved.