Stas Bekman wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, stevenl wrote:
>
> > Thanks. That seems to be the problem, accessing an outer lexical
> > variable in an inner subroutine. I'm not quite sure I understand why
> > Perl behaves this way. Java seems to handle this just fine with the
> > expected behavior.
>
> Because Perl != Java. And you are lucky that the last statement
> returns true :) Of course the real explanation would require some reading
> from you.
>
I thought the whole philosophy behind Perl is that it does what you
expect it to do and this is in no way what anyone would expect it to
behave!
Thanks for the link. I guess I'll read up on this guide more carefully
before I ask any further questions.
-Steven
> > I'm currently using:
> >
> > use CGI;
> > my $query = new CGI();
> >
> > What is the best way to define a global value like $query if I want to
> > 'use strict'. I really don't want to be passing $query to all my
> > subroutines. I could package define it as $main::query but that seems
> > awkward.
>
> http://perl.apache.org/guide/perl.html#Using_Global_Variables_and_Shari
>
> > -Steven
> >
> >
> > Jie Gao wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, stevenl wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am running Linux 2.2, Apache 1.3.12, mod_perl 1.24, and CGI.pm 2.70.
> > > >
> > > > If I declare a CGI variable using 'my' (see below) and use mod_perl, I
> > > > encounter problems with POST data. On subsequent entries in the form,
> > > > it continues to use the old data.
> > > >
> > > > The problem does not appear if I don't use 'my' (and therefore, unable
> > > > to 'use strict'), or if I disable mod_perl from my httpd.conf file.
> > > >
> > > > You can test this out with these files. First, run 'httpd -X'. Then
> > > > enter some data in the form. On the next submit, the data is not
> > > > changed.
> > > >
> > > > Note: The perl script displays the current HTML file plus what you
> > > > just entered.
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > http://perl.apache.org/guide/perl.html#my_Scoped_Variable_in_Nested_S
> > >
> > > Jie
> >
>
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