| Subject: | pre-defined atom constants |
| Date: | Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:05:50 +1000 |
| To: | bug-X11-Protocol [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Kevin Ryde <user42 [...] zip.com.au> |
It'd be good if the predefined atoms like "PIXMAP" == 20 were available
somewhere in X11::Protocol.
I don't think there should be automatic conversion between names and
numbers in the various methods acting on atoms, just a hash table or
something where you can go from name to number.
Perhaps there'd be scope to also hold per-server interned atom names in
the $X object too. I had a spot of code where I wanted to intern an
atom name, and thought if I saved the value in the $X then I could do it
if not already done. I know the protocol object is meant to be fairly
minimal, but maybe somewhere within it could be designated for
applications to do that sort of thing.