Hey, Apache::ASP v2.47 is released to CPAN. It is a major upgrade with significant speed improvements of 15-20% for script execution.
As this is a major release, please be sure to read the CHANGES and test your sites before upgrading. The CHANGES are listed below. For more info on Apache::ASP, please see http://www.apache-asp.org Regards, Josh ________________________________________________________________ Josh Chamas, Founder phone:925-552-0128 Chamas Enterprises Inc. http://www.chamas.com NodeWorks Link Checking http://www.nodeworks.com $MODULE=Apache::ASP; $VERSION = 2.47; $DATE="11/6/2002" Please see README for changes for past versions. + = improvement; - = bug fix; (d) = documentation ++ Runtime speed enhancements for 15-20% improvement including: + INTERNAL API ReadFile() now returns scalar ref as memory optimization + cache InodeNames config setting in ASP object now for common lookups + removed CompileChecksum() INTERNAL API, since it was an unnecesary method decomposition along a common code path + removed IsChanged() INTERNAL API since compiling of scripts is now handled by CompileInclude() which does this functionality already + removed unnecessary decomp of IncludesChanged() INTERNAL API, which was along critical code path + do not call INTERNAL SearchDirs() API when compiling base script since we have already validated its path earlier + Use stat(_) type shortcut for stat() & -X calls where possible + Moved @INC initilization up to handler() & consolidated with $INCDir lib + removed useless Apache::ASP::Collection::DESTROY + removed useless Apache::ASP::Server::DESTROY + removed useless Apache::ASP::GlobalASA::DESTROY + removed useless Apache::ASP::Response::DESTROY - Default path for $Response->{Cookies} was from CookiePath config, but this was incorrect as CookiePath config is only for $Session cookie, so now path for $Response->{Cookies} defaults to / - Fixed bug where global.asa events would get undefined with StatINC and GlobalPackage set when the GlobalPackage library changed & get reloaded. (d) Documented long time config NoCache. -- Fixed use with Apache::Filter, capable as both source and destination filter. Added ./site/eg/filter.filter example to demonstrate these abilities. + Use $r->err_headers_out->add Apache::Table API for cookies now instead of $r->cgi_header_out. Added t/cookies.t test to cover new code path as well as general $Response->Cookies API. Also make cookies headers sorted by cookie and dictionary key while building headers for repeatable behavior, this latter was to facilitate testing. - fixed $Server->Mail error_log output when failing to connect to SMTP server. + added tests to cover UniquePackages & NoCache configs since this config logic was updated + made deprecated warnings for use of certain $Response->Member calls more loadly write to error_log, so I can remove the AUTOLOAD for Response one day - Probably fixed behavior in CgiHeaders, at least under perl 5.8.0, and added t/cgi_headers.t to cover this config. + removed $Apache::ASP::CompressGzip setting ability, used to possibly set CompressGzip in the module before, not documented anyway + removed $Apache::ASP::Filter setting ability to set Filter globally, not documented anyway + removed old work around for setting ServerStarting to 0 at runtime, which was bad for Apache::DBI on win32 a long time ago: $Apache::ServerStarting and $Apache::ServerStarting = 0; If this code is still needed in Apache::ASP->handler() let me know. + check to make sure data in internal database is a HASH ref before using it for session garbage collection. This is to help prevent against internal database corruption in a network share that does not support flock() file locking. + For new XMLSubs ASP type <%= %> argument interpolation activated with XMLSubsPerlArgs 0, data references can now be passed in addition to SCALAR/string references, so one can pass an object reference like so: <my:tag value="<%= $Object %>" /> This will only work as long as the variable interpolation <%= %> are flushed against the containing " " or ' ', or else the object reference will be stringified when it is concatenated with the rest of the data. Testing for this feature was added to ./t/xmlsubs_aspargs.t This feature is still experimental, and its interface may change. However it is slated for the 3.0 release as default method, so feedback is appreciated. + For new XMLSubs ASP type <%= %> argument interpolation activated with XMLSubsPerlArgs 0, <% %> will no longer work, just <%= %>, as in <my:tag value="some value <%= $value %> more data" /> This feature is still experimental, and its interface may change. However it is slated for the 3.0 release as default method, so feedback is appreciated.
