Re: cgi coding guidelines

[Piers Cawley]

Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > * either of what should be in guidelines or where there are some i
> > > could ste^H^H^H use as a base.
> > 
> > Let's try it.
> > 
> > thou shalt use strict
> > 
> > thou shalt use tainting
> > 
> > thou shalt use warnings
> > 
> > thou shalt not mix code and html if you can possibly avoid it.
> > 
> > OTOH, this *could* get a little religious...
> 
> What happened to:
> 
> thou shalt use CGI.pm

Because CGI.pm is a bloated overweight piece of crap that breaks the
'thou shalt not mix code and html...' guideline big up massive stylee,
and has some more than a little scary action at a distance stuff going
on with it.

Oh yes, and it can screw up your Apache::Request structure if you use
it in the wrong handler.

Apache::Request is probably your friend.