Re: [Module::Build] ask() and you will receive

[David W. <da...@ki...>]

On Apr 10, 2006, at 01:25, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> Thanks! There are some usefull ideas here. I'll probably keep  
> things simple for the 0.28 release, but I definately see things  
> like tieing it into the new options in the next release.

I found the environ option very useful for, e.g., PostgreSQL settings.

> Might possibly go ahead and add the callback; this very much echos  
> the options interface. It has a multi-option type, and callbacks  
> via the on_validate handler. OTOH, the user could do this via.
>
> my $need_answer = 1;
> while ($need_answer) {
>   my $ans = $mb->ask(...);
>   $need_answer = !valid_answer( $ans );
> }
>
> So a handler only adds a little bit of sugar...

Yes, but it's cleaner to use a callback, at least from the user's  
point of view.

Best,

David