> Thanks, Ram. I was rather hoping there was something simpler than fully-fledged > modules. > > Basically what I've done is set up a single script and a bunch of config files. > Each config file ends in > > #%include bin/script.pl > > And I use a minimalist PerlPP to include it. This is so I can use > full perl syntax for the config files. > > You can have a look if you like: sf.net/projects/autocomic > (get the tarball, it's newer than cvs) > > I guess I'll give modules a try at the next coding iteration. > > -trent > > PS: Incidentally, I think source() should be added to the language.
Well no. source() may be great to just get some parameters from a config file in a small project. But learn from my experience , projects grow with time. Then managing variables without namespace , especially when it has been long since you have seen the code becomes a nightmare let us take an example Suppose Now I have a project that shows pages on stocks. I define a stocks.cfg configuration file and define "PAGESIZE=15" ( in bash ) I source the config file in my shell script everything works fine Two months down the line my boss asks my junior to add a page on sports in the same script. He writes the file sources sports.cfg ( above stocks.cfg ) containing PAGESIZE=100 and he never figures out why his pagesize is always 15 Suppose I could use my variable like $stocks::PAGESIZE then this would never occur Thats precisely what you should do with namespaces. Not that you cannot do what you want in perl just put a variable with :: $::PAGESIZE=15; 1; in a file ( say Config.pm ) and source the file with require "/path/Config.pm"; Thats' it So simple ,there may be a hundred more ways. But stay away from it. Ram ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ and FlexiMail: Messaging Solutions: http://netcore.co.in Pragatee: Integrated Server-Software Suite: http://www.pragatee.com Emergic Freedom: Server-centric Computing: http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Blog Profiles and RSS Ecosystem: http://blogstreet.com Deeshaa: Rural Development: http://www.deeshaa.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------
