Dependency on Readonly or on Readonly::Array?

[andk]

Executive summary: Please drop the dependencies on Readonly::Array and Readonly.

TLDR:

Grepping through all *.pm files does not confirm that there is a dependency.

Readonly is used in t/readonly.t but the test gets skipped if the 'use Readonly' does not succeed.

Readonly::Array is a package within the file Readonly.pm, so it does not ever exist in a file Readonly/Array.pm.

Readonly::Array is indexed on the CPAN but older vorsions of the CPAN client complain that Readonly::Array could not be loaded.

Bottom line: a not-dependency forces all users to install Readonly without need. Additionally, older software may have issues with the dependency Readonly::Array.

[mohawk2]

Sounds like Readonly::Array should be dropped, and Readonly switched to a recommends?