Re: Other Globals in %once

On Apr 30, 2004, at 5:36 PM, Jonathan Swartz wrote:

> I have no idea what this means. Not allowing $m and other globals? Do 
> you
> mean, running inside strict? Or are you just referring to the problem 
> caused
> by loading a component before the globals are defined?

No, I mean that $m is available but undefined in %once blocks. If what 
Dave tells me is correct, then other globals created by allow_globals 
and set_global() are already assigned before the %once block executes, 
so ignore the "other globals" part. So yes, I'm referring to loading 
the component before the globals are defined.

$m and $r are undefined in %once blocks, and I'm not sure the reasons 
for that are compelling enough. Seems to me that the Perl way is to 
allow the flexibility to use them, with the caveats well documented. 
IOW, give Masonites enough rope to shoot themselves in the foot. ;-)

Regards,

David



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