Re: Global question

2007-05-05 Thread Perrin Harkins
On 5/4/07, Will Fould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can lists and other global objects created at apache startup be altered as an *indirect* result of child processes (i.e. some type of semaphore/listener scheme?). Are you asking if changing a perl data structure in one process will affect it in a

Re: Global question

2007-05-05 Thread Will Fould
Yes. I currently use a semaphore scheme to cache large lists within child processes that rarely change. It works quite well. If the semaphore is set, the child knows to re-cache; children set the semaphore when they do something that would require other children to re-cache. But, I'd like to do