[Catalyst] External plugins

[Andreas Marienborg]

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andreas

On 14. feb. 2006, at 22.30, Ovid wrote:

> We have an app which uses Catalyst.  However, the plugins can
> theoretically not be Catalyst specific.  As far as I can tell, the  
> only
> way to use a plugin which doesn't start with "Catalyst::Plugin::"  
> is to
> do this:
>
>   use base 'Some::Plugin::In::Another::Namespace';
>
> However, this has a potential problem.  We now have two ways of doing
> the same thing (using plugins).  At some point in the future, if the
> Catalyst::setup_plugins() method changes its behavior, those who "use
> base" to load a different plugin may not be able to take advantage of
> the new behavior.  My suggestion is to allow a unary plus on a package
> name to allow "foreign" plugins:
>
>   use Catalyst qw(
>       DateTime
>       +Some::Plugin::In::Another::Namespace
>   );
>
> I'd happily make this change, but I'd rather hear from feedback from
> folks before I do this.
>
> Cheers,
> Ovid
>
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