Harry Danilevsky wrote: > Two reasons : > > 1. My site-specific modules don't necessarily have a common namespace > (or even several namespaces); > they just all live in /site/lib. Without a ReloadDirectories-like filter > every time I add another module, > say, /site/lib/Reports.pm I'll need to add Reports to ReloadModules, and > restart the server.
That's the thing. It's a good idea to alway use some prefix package name in all your modules, to avoid future clashes with other modules. And it automatically solves your problem with Apache::Reload. > 2. Much more obscure, related to HTML::Mason. As I mentioned in my post: > > In Mason components are precompiled and cached, so that perl code > doesn't have to be re-parsed for every request. > The cached files are require(d), and they end up in %INC. > It appears from ReloadDebug's output that those cached files are being > checked by Apache::Reload, > and if they have been modified - they'll be reloaded. The problem is, if > the code has a syntax > error, that error will occur when Apache::Reload re-require()s that > file, and the error message > will be printed to a log file, not to the browser - which is what Mason > would do. > So your browser will simply tell you that 'Internal error has occurred' > ReloadDirectories will simply ignore them, and let Mason deal with > modified files. If you tell Apache::Reload to look only at certain namespaces, this problem doesn't exist anymore. > Am I still missing something ? > > > Harry Danilevsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stas Bekman wrote: > >> [...] >> >>> Anyway, I decided to add another directive to Apache::Reload >>> >>> PerlSetVar ReloadDirectories "/site/lib /usr/local/apache/conf" >> >> >> >> Apache::Reload allows you to define which modules to reload using the >> patterns like so: >> >> PerlSetVar ReloadAll Off >> PerlSetVar ReloadModules "Apache::* My::*" >> >> Is there any reason why you cannot use this approach? >> >> I've no objection to your proposal, just wondering whether the >> existing features can be used instead. >> >> __________________________________________________________________ >> Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker >> http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com >> http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com > > > -- __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
