Re: Other Globals in %once

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, David Wheeler wrote:

> > Anyway, you can _use_ the globals inside the once section, because
> > there's a "use vars" block at the top of the component.  But if you
> > wan to set them to something, that's up to you, I think.
>
> And then because they're global, it's fine, yes? So why not just assign
> them before executing the %once block? What does it really gain you not
> to? What does it protect Masonites from?

Well, first of all, _we_ only have control over the Mason request object
var (and the Apache request var, too), so this wouldn't really have helped
with Bricolage, because Mason can't set those for you.

Second, I'm just not sure we should encourage people to use these vars in
the once section, because it'll just be likely to create problems.  As you
pointed out, you can already get at the request if you really want.


-dave

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