Re: [Iamb-dev-internal] iamb-dev and modperl

[Rich B. <rb...@rc...>]

Matt Cashner wrote:
> 
> i had mentioned to you, rich, that i was going to look at rewriting the
> current iamb functionality as a series of modperl handlers just for the
> fun of it and because i'm bored.  is the cvs rearrangement of the dev tree
> an indication that you like this idea? :)
> 
> basically, i'm asking what the frell is going on in the dev tree and what
> direction you are apparently gunning for in this rearrangement.

The rearrangement and general clean-up is for a variety of reasons.

First, in the spirit of write-one-to-throw-away, I'm doing a little bit
of throwing away. Most of this stuff was things that needed to go away
in order to facilitate the move to the StdModule-ish structure.

Other things, like the move of the unclassifieds into a subdirectory,
were more of getting clutter out of the way, in case we need it some
day.

But, yes, I've been giving some thought to the notion of doing things as
a set of mod_perl handler. And, perhaps a little more ambitiously, I'd
like to pursue whether we can do it as *both* a mod_perl handler *and*
CGI, and factor out the parts that are in both. Basically, the handlers
would be written in such a way that everything can be called as an
object method if we want to. And the CGI programs would be written in
such a way that that *only* things that they did were things that
mod_per does not do - stuff like CGI-ish form handling, and any cookie
stuff that was necessary, and any session management that we can't rely
on mod_perl to do for us, and for *anything* else, the make method calls
into the handlers/modules.

I think that this is potentially difficult, and I've never seen any
project do this, but those are incentives, rather than reasons to not do
it, dontcha think?

Anways, I was going to pause for a breather in my slash-and-burn to
suggest this and see what peoples' reactions would be. I suggested the
notion to Ken on Sunday night, and he, with of course no knowledge of
mod_perl and hence very gullible, thought it was a great idea.

And, all those folks that have been looking for an excuse to learn
mod_perl can listen a little closer and perhaps contribute something.

Reactions? Comments? Questions? Strange snide remarks?

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