[Catalyst] Authentication gotchas

[Christopher H. Laco]

Sebastian Riedel wrote:
> 
> Am 17.12.2005 um 03:52 schrieb Christopher H. Laco:
> 
>> Sebastian Riedel wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 17.12.2005 um 02:41 schrieb Johan Lindström:
>>>
>>>> At 19:55 2005-12-16, Christopher H. Laco wrote:
>>>>> Take C::P::FormValidator and C::P::FormValidator::Simple.
>>>>> The both claim $->form. Great. That's what plugins do right?
>>>>
>>>> How about we solve this problem _now_, because: yes, it's aleady too
>>>> late and it will break code; but no, there will _never_ be a better
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> Deprecate form() in both modules for a few versions and then drop it.
>>>>
>>>> IMHO.
>>>>
>>>> Catalyst is still very, very young. Let's fix things while it's
>>>> possible.
>>>
>>> I absolutely agree, calling it $c->form() was a mistake (of me and Lyo
>>> Kato), and i wonder if $c->widget() for the upcoming HTML::Widget will
>>> be a mistake again...
>>>
>>> What do you guys think? How to fix this?
>>
>> Would it be possible to take the route of the auth stuff here?
>>
>> use Catalyst qw/
>>     Forms
>>     Forms::Validator::DFV  or Forms::Validator::Simple
>> /;
>>
>> $c->form->validate
>> $c->form->errors
> 
> What would that solve?
> The problem imo is that you can't use DFV and FVS together in the same app.
> 

No, you can use their cores in the same app, just not the plugins in the
same app. We just need a mediator for ->form and the consolidate the
various methods under it to their various modules...

Plus, I invision that Forms is a greater gateway into validators,
fill-inners, and to-db-objectors...

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