[Catalyst] External plugins (continued)

[Christopher H. Laco]

Matt S Trout wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:54:58AM -0800, Ovid wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> So it sounds like there's a bit of consensus to be able to specify a
>> MyApp::Plugin directory just like we have
>> MyApp::(?:Controller|Model|View) directories.  Until (and unless)
>> someone wants to write the code for this, is the unary plus model
>> acceptable?
>>
>>   use Catalyst qw(
>>     DateTime
>>     +MyApp::Custom::Plugin::DoesTheDishes
>>   );
>>
>> Since plugin order appears to be important, "use base" isn't a good
>> option and writing a "Catalyst::Plugin" wrapper just means more grunt
>> work.  The unary plus saves a lot of time and is fairly clean. 
>> However, I won't write this unless others are comfortable with it (and
>> it won't conflict with the MyApp::Plugin scenario.  Instead, it merely
>> offers greater flexibility with minimal risk)
> 
> I dunno if people want to have a debate over exactly what name to use, but
> I think in general this is a good idea.
> 

Right. I like the M/V/C/P[lugin] idea a lot. What scares me about that
is the ability to load plugins in a certain order ala
Module::Pluggable::Ordered and whether that is overkill or not.

qw/ plugin/ seems to be the sanest interim solution imho.

-=Chris

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