On Fri Apr 06 07:17:44 2007, DROLSKY wrote:
Show quoted text> On Sun Apr 01 15:57:28 2007, DON wrote:
> > On Sun Apr 01 09:58:10 2007, DROLSKY wrote:
> > > On Sun Apr 01 01:40:49 2007, DON wrote:
> > > > It would be useful to be able to do something like the following:
> > > >
> > > > sub bleh {
> > > > my %param = validate_with (params => \@_,
> > > > spec => { foo => {type => SCALAR|ARRAYREF,
> > > > allow_multiple => 1,
> > > > }
> > > > });
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > then bleh (foo => 1, foo => 2);
> > >
> > > Well, Params::Validate is really built around the assumption that @_
> > > contains either a hash or a hash reference. What you're proposing only
> > > makes sense with arrays.
> >
> > Which is what @_ is; it definetly shouldn't be the default, though.
>
> While @_ is an array, when people pass named parameters in they
> generally think of it as a hash. Honestly, I don't think this is a good
> idea at all, and I don't think P::V should support it.
I definetly agree it shouldn't be the default, but I was hoping to not
have to wrap the few cases where it's a good idea (SOAP calls, FE, which
don't handle arrayrefs particularly well) with a call which compacted @_
first before calling validate_with.
'course, considering that I have been using P::V for quite a while and
this is the first time that I've actually wanted something like this
could be a valid reason for not putting it in P::V itself.
