Re: Re: Help: Constructors and all things OO.

Thats ++great tachyon... thanks heaps, I had read about the sort in another node on perlmonks but all the examples where using spaceships :) but hadn't tried to use anything I read yet (though I had it all bookmarked) but thanks heaps.

As stated in one of my re:'s above, after more testing the problem seems to come when I try and load the module at the same time as Apache::Request; ( not the use itself but when I do "my $r = Apache->request" or "my $r = Apache::Request->new()" )

I was thinking it might have something to do with the "use lib '';" statement. (I will add the site address to @INC another way and see if that makes any difference)

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Re: Re: Re: Help: Constructors and all things OO. by tachyon (Chancellor) on Aug 28, 2001 at 18:33 UTC
See my Simple Module Tutorial for they whyfors and whatfors of @INC. In a nutshell your module must be in a directory specified in @INC. @INC usually contains these three directories: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib . This is a Windows example, just drop the C: for *nix. Now when you use "MyModule" Perl searches the @INC directories in order for "MyModule.pm". Note that the . dir is the current working directory of the script. There is a difference between module names and package names. If you have the line: use iXML::TheConstruct Then Perl will search for a module called "TheConstruct.pm" in a subdir called "iXML" in the @INC dirs. This is your problem. Using the module allows you to use the subs in the module by using the PACKAGE::SUB notation. Your package name could be `package WhatsThatGotToDoWithThePriceOfFish;`. You would then `use iXML::TheConstruct;` and instantiate your object via a call `$obj = Whatsthatgottodowiththepriceoffish->new` cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Help: Constructors and all things OO. by IOrdy (Friar) on Aug 28, 2001 at 18:42 UTC
Nice try but I read about @INC and have the module in iXML/TheConstruct.pm ("/home/iordy/perl.iordy.net/iXML/TheConstruct.pm") I even went to the trouble of using something like: use lib "/home/iordy/perl.iordy.net"; in my script that calls iXML/TheConstruct.pm interesting: I just found that if I put Apache->request; in a sepereate sub it works. wtf?? It could be painfull but it works.	[reply]


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