[cgi-prototype-users] CGIP and eager loading of Template and CGI in mod_perl-like environments

[Terrence B. <met...@gm...>]

I just wanted to start a discussion about usage of CGIP in mod_perl
environments. I am happy with CGIP's setup for my webhosting stuff, because
we use plain CGI. However, for corporate work (should that day come), the
fact that the engine slot and the prototype_enter method use autoloads to
load Template and CGI would compromise performance: one would prefer that
both of these be loaded eagerly.

So, since there is no class supplied with the CGIP distro by default which
handles this (should there be?), I think the approach is obvious:

In the startup.pl or whatever pre-loaded handler you will use simply do
use Template;
use CGI;

use base qw(CGI::Prototype);

BEGIN {

# _reset_globals is discussed here:
http://use.perl.org/~merlyn/journal/24641
CGI::_reset_globals();
my $cgi =3D CGI->new

}

sub engine {
my $self =3D shift;
# no longer needed: require Template;
Template->new($self->engine_config)
or die "Creating tt: $Template::ERROR\n";
});

sub CGI {
$cgi
});