Re: writing code that works on machines with or without mod_perl

[Matt Sergeant]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Kenneth Lee wrote:

> modperlers,
> 
> does it make sense if i put some mod_perl specific codes inside 
> an eval() so that the code runs on machines that have or haven't 
> mod_perl installed?
> 
>   eval <<'MOD_PERL_CODE' if $ENV{MOD_PERL};
>     use Apache ();
>     my $r = Apache->request;
>     ...
>   MOD_PERL_CODE

Better still:

eval {
        die unless $ENV{MOD_PERL};
        require Apache;
        my $r = $Apache->request;
        ...
};

Then you've got no (at least much less than the above) run-time overhead.

-- 
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