Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!uky.edu!info.usuhs.mil!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.clark.net!199.60.229.5!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.he.net!news.rain.net!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: James Duncan Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: ANNOUNCE: Tom version 2.0 Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 10 Sep 1997 21:11:14 GMT Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services Lines: 84 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <5v72di$dbv$1@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:24 comp.lang.perl.modules:789 About four months ago I posted an announcement for the Transportable Object Model (Tom). This went fairly unnoticed. Now however, Tom has been updated, modified, worked, etc, etc, etc. I would like to release it on to CPAN once people have tried it out and given me some feedback. The module and information regarding the module is available at http://www.hawk.igs.net/~jduncan/Tom/ The README follows. -- James Duncan || jduncan@hawk.igs.net IGS Hawkesbury Systems Administrator Phone 613-632-4075 Fax 613-632-8137 web http://www.hawk.igs.net/~jduncan Transportable Object Model (Tom) Kit for Perl Version 2.00 ( beta 2 ) Copyright (c) 1997, James Duncan This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this kit. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details. You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, you can get one from the Perl distribution. You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License, in the file named "Copying". If not, you can get one from the Perl distribution or else write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. TOM Kit, Version 2.0 (Beta 2) ----------------------------- This, the newest version of the TOM (Transportable Object Model) features an enhancement significant enough over the original, as to warrant a new major version. Tom will be completely re-written for version 2.0, including some major security enhancements (yes, register will be secure). At this point (Beta 2), the module is still very incomplete, however, containers created with Beta 2 will be fully compatible up to final release. I do not intend on changing the internal structure of the model. The major enhancement is the ability to define transportable objects rather than just classes - this is a major step forward in my eyes. I now believe that Tom 2.0 Beta 2 is worth more than any Tom 1.x release, and I would like to make it available on CPAN for Beta 3. Changes since Beta 1 -------------------- + Ability to securely register functions + Added require like Tom::demand package + You can now 'insert' an object into a container rather than 'declare_object'. + Checks for existing packages + Cleanup function added + Documentation updated. + Included old tomcc until cc is rewritten into Tom-2 + Added simple streaming protocol to Tom. I will re-write this into another file, with much more functionality soon.