| Subject: | enhancement request |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:06:28 -0600 |
| To: | bug-Config-Tiny [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | samwyse <samwyse [...] gmail.com> |
it would be nice if 'read' and 'read_string' were defined using 'my
$self = ref $_[0] ? shift : bless {}, shift;' Yes, I realize that
this (in theory) could break existing code, but the advantages are
fairly big, IMHO. This simple change wouldn't increase the size of
the module, but would allow straightforward code like this:
my $config = Config::Tiny->new();
# set hard-coded defaults
$config->read_string(<<DEFAULTS);
[section]
this = a value
that = another value
DEFAULTS
# merge site defaults, over-riding the above
$config->read("/etc/config.ini");
# set user-specified values
$config->read("$ENV{HOME}/.config.ini");
Pre-existing code like this would continue to work:
my $config = Config::Tiny->read('config.ini');