Yes, exactly. After the first run, $test got an entry in the symbol
table. Not usually an issue in CGI perl. =)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Kolve) wrote:
>I found something a bit curious that I was wondering if someone could
>explain. I have the following apache::registry script I called test.reg:
>
>#!/usr/bin/perl
>
>use strict;
>if($test){
># do stuff
>}
>
>
>print qq|HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n|;
>print "HELLO WORLD\n\n";
>
>
>I ran my server in single-user mode (httpd -X) and requested the page
>which causes an internal server error because I didn't declare '$test'.
>I next commented out the three conditional lines:
>
>#if($test){
># do stuff
>#}
>
>Then requested the page a second time, which executed just fine. I
>uncommented those three lines and requested the page a third time, which
>strangely enough actually works. Registry stats pages to see if they
>change and recompiles pages I believe. So I am wondering why isn't an
>exception raised on the third request about not declaring '$test'? Did
>the first request put '$test' in the symbol table?
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