Right on thanks!
>
> > > --- Dan Muey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> > > > use strict;
> > > > #my $dog = 'bart';
> > > > eval {
> > > > use lib '/home/dmuey';
> > > > require "lib.lib";
> > > > };
> > > > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> > > > print "Error: $@ :: $dog ::\n";
> > > >
> > > > :: lib.lib file is ::
> > > >
> > > > my $dog = 'joe';
> > > > 1;
> > >
> > > First, $dog is a my() variable, and so ONLY exists in the lib
> > > file. Don't use my() in that circumstance.
> >
> > Makes sense.
> > Thanks! I got it going ok and it was good to know before I
> > made a whole bunch of stuff that would've needed changing!
> >
> > Thanks again.!
>
> You're very welcome.
>
> > > better, try this:
> > >
> > > libfile:
> > > =========
> > > $dog = 'spot';
> > >
> > > progfile:
> > > =========
> > > use warnings;
> > > use strict;
> > > use vars '$dog';
> > > do 'libfile';
> >
> > Just curious...Why do, why not require ??
> >
> > > print "$dog\n";
> > >
> > > output:
> > > ========
> > > spot
> > >
> > > c.f. do() in the docs. :)
> > >
> > > perldoc -f do
>
> Personally, because I like typing 2 letters instead of 7. :)
>
> Seriously, see the docs, which say that require()
> "...demands that a library file be included if it hasn't
> already been included. The file is included via the do-FILE
> mechanism, which is essentially just a variety of eval."
>
> If it might already have been included, use require() to
> prevent re-work. If not, save the extra behind-the-scenes
> stuff (and the typing of 5 letters! :)
>
> In *most* every case, however, I recommend use() and a
> module. I don't think I've ever written anything that used a
> do() or a require(), to be honest. I've written some things
> that could have been shorter and done sooner if I *had*, but
> always preferred the extra work to make it modular *once*, so
> that I wouldn't have that problem again.
>
> Still, that was my situation -- yours might warrant the do(). :)
>
> TMTOWTDI!
>
>
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