Hi Perrin, I see your point. However I'm speaking about one simple templating module exporting 2 functions that are used to generate HTML in every other module on the server.
So it'll be pollution but bearable ;-) Thank you, Lian Sebe, M.Sc. Freelance Analyst-Programmer www.programEz.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Perrin Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PerlModule options? > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 04:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > loads the module but doesn't import the symbols since it is > equivalent to > > the use Foo::Bar (). Therefore I should use "use Foo::Bar" in > each program > > only to make the import. > > Correct. > > > Is there other way to load the module and import the symobols > specified in > > @EXPORT at mod_perl reloading time, without adding a special > line in each > > and every script using them? > > No, that would be Bad. By putting a "use Foo" in each module that wants > to import functions from Foo, you are explicitly saying "please pollute > my namespace" to Foo. That sort of thing shouldn't happen unless you > request it. > > > Perhaps some options passed to PerlModule though adding (...) > doesn't help > > since PerlModule expects a list of modules. > > There's no way it could since PerlModule has no way of knowing what > namespaces you are going to want polluted. > > - Perrin >
