Re: Ensuring forward compatibility

by eserte (Deacon)

on Apr 14, 2004 at 09:14 UTC ( [id://344961]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Of course there are exceptions. For instance do not put "package main" in a script which is used with Apache::Registry.

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Re: Re: Ensuring forward compatibility by Theo (Priest) on Apr 14, 2004 at 14:21 UTC
Please tell a perl novice why this is so. -Theo- (so many nodes and so little time ... )	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Ensuring forward compatibility by eserte (Deacon) on Apr 14, 2004 at 14:59 UTC
Apache::Registry automatically puts every script in its own namespace, something like Apache::ROOT$script_name. This is so to avoid name clashes in global variables and subroutines, because every Apache::Registry script is running in the same perl interpreter. Putting a "package main" on top of such a script would make the special namespace void and thus name clashes would be possible. As a workaround, one could use "package my_distinct_script_name" instead of "package main".	[reply]

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