Hi, I am interested in applying a fix to Apache::ASP that has some significant implications and would like to put this out for comment.
The problem is that when subroutines are defined in a script, they create closure issues as discussed here: http://www.apache-asp.org/style.html#Do%20not%20definc430b103 The greater problem is that resolving these closure issues can be a hair pulling event, and unless one gets into mod_perl and Apache::ASP significantly, this may be overlooked. I would like Apache::ASP to be more newbie friendly. The solution is whenever a subroutine definition is detected as in: sub some_name { } that script will be compiled as normal, but the (re)compilation will be forced each script invocation. The closure issues will go away because the subroutines will be redefined each script request. The downside is that there will be a performance hit where there was none before. Any advanced user should know not to put subs in scripts, so I am not worried about the performance hit to people that know what they are doing. This in effect would create a penalty for those that do not follow the STYLE GUIDE. Because this fix will be functionally transparent, I do not think I should save it for 3.0 There is another associated fix, to recompile global.asa per request when XMLSubs are detected there, or subs defined in a package not their own, as in: sub package::some_sub { } which can also create closure issues. I don't believe this is as frequent a problem for newbies though, so not as concerned about this and can save this fix for later sometime if necessary. Any comments? Thanks, Josh ________________________________________________________________ Josh Chamas, Founder phone:925-552-0128 Chamas Enterprises Inc. http://www.chamas.com NodeWorks Link Checking http://www.nodeworks.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
