Hi all,
Shiladitya Biswas wrote:
> Hi Louis,
> I suggest you try this approach :
> Create a file called global_config and store all your variables in a
> PERL hash (you may use any datastructure, but hash works nicely )
> Your global config will look like this:
>
> <%perl>
> my %data = ();
> $data{site}{header_color} = '#123456';
> $data{site}{bg_color} = '#214365';
> ...... and so on
> return %data;
> <%/perl>
>
> Next, put these lines in your _autohandler:
> <%args>
> %config = $m->comp('/global_config');
> </%args>
I'm not sure what I've done is correct, but I've basically done the same thing
as what Shiladitya suggests. In addition, I placed this hash in a Perl module
which is use'd in my handler. I actually chose this approach in response to a
similar question that I had asked a few months (or more) ago on this mailing
list. As these "global variables" are used on almost every page, are generally
small (in terms of memory usage), and are static (i.e., truly constant), I was
getting tired of putting <%perl>...</%perl> to load the Perl module every time.
Of course, I could have put them all into the autohandler...I can't quite
remember why I didn't do that :-) -- I think it was because that Perl module
that is loaded also has functions that I call very often, and not just
constants. Anyway, what I did is another alternative for you.
Ray
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