How about:
package ModPerlPackage;
use vars qw( $is_init );
$is_init = 0;
sub handler($) {
...
$is_init = initialize($r) unless $is_init;
...
}
Just making initialize return a true value on success.
There's undoubtedly a much more subtle solution...
HTH
Jim
Rafael Kitover wrote:
>
> We obviously do not have access to a request object during a BEGIN {}
> block, but if I have a bunch of PerlSetVar things that I don't want to
> re-initialize every time handler() is called for speed reasons, what is
> the most elegant way to have an initialization sub that needs access to
> things set in PerlSetVar? Just something like:
>
> my $is_initialized = 0;
>
> sub handler($) {
> ...
> unless ($is_initialized) {
> initialize($r);
> $is_initialized = 1;
> }
> ...
> }
>
> sub initialize($) {
> ...
> do stuff with $r->dir_info("thingie")
> ...
> }
>
> The problem with this is that initialize would be called for every
> child, though this is better than initializing stuff at every request.
>
> TIA
>
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