Vivek Khera wrote: > I'm converting my main app to mp2. The following advice seems > incorrect to me: > > % perl -MModPerl::MethodLookup -e print_method is_main > 'is_main' is not a part of the mod_perl 2.0 API > use 'main' instead. not in the Apache 2.0 API > To use method 'main' add: > use Apache2::RequestRec (); > > > I believe the more appropriate replacement of is_main() would be > is_initial_req() from Apache2::RequestUtil().
in 1.3 is_main() was used to specify the initial request in a series of subrequests. is_initial_req() specifies _only_ the initial request coming from the client. in other words, a single browser request results in one and only one place where is_initial_req() is true, while it could potentially create several instances where is_main() is true. so... way back in the day people used to use $r->is_main() to spot the place where they could, say, call $r->notes and get the "main" request. in mp2 I guess you would do $r->main->notes and avoid the call to is_main() at all. anyway, I guess all I'm saying is that I don't think is_initial_req() ought to be the replacement for is_main() - is_initial_req() is very specific and still exists with the same functionality in 2.0. if someone was using is_main() in mp2 it's not necessarily true that is_initial_req() is what they need. of course main() isn't what they need either... :) --Geoff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
