I remember having problems with __DATA__ file handle in mod_perl environment. I believe you could only read the file handle once, after which all reads would actually give you back garbage.
Just $.02 - Dmitri. On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 06:43 -0500, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 03:05:53PM +0100, David Landgren wrote: > > > Does that sound sane? Does anyone have some pointers on how to deal > with > > the placement of datafiles on the local system with one module, and > > having the other module know where to find them? > > Seems pretty sane to me. No, I don't have a great idea on the other > part, > aside from sticking the data into a .pm file you generate at build > time, > after __DATA__, and reading it in from there. > > (don't forget to close the DATA file handle to avoid wasting > resources) > > Nicholas Clark > >