Joe Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dominique Quatravaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I would like a robust way of checking the mod_perl version (or lack
>> thereof) of the *currently running* Perl interpreter. I did kludge up
>> one, but it is rear-end ugly (see code at the end of my post in the
>> other thread).
>>
>> Support from mod_perl itself (e.g. in the form of a running_version()
>> XS sub) would be helpful and robust. Causing mod_perl2.pm to fail
>> initialization when not running under mod_perl (using an XS detection
>> kludge like mine, *not* $ENV{MOD_PERL}) would be a second best.
>
> I like the second-best option, actually: IMO "require mod_perl2"
> should throw an exception unless we're actually running under the
> mod_perl.so interpreter.
I should have pointed out tho that a change like this certainly
shouldn't happen in mp2.0. For better or worse, we chose to use
$ENV{MOD_PERL} to signal the runtime.
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Joe Schaefer
