Re: [Mason] shared variables

[Gordon H. <go...@ac...>]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Martin Sarajervi wrote:

> I'm using autohandler in
> /www-root in this autohandler I use a head method, where I
> have some variables that  I have in <%shared> tag.
> but when I get to:
> /www-root/webcam the head method doesn't catch the variable
> and I get the "requires explict package name" error.
>
> How can I make this work?

<%shared> sections share variables only between the perl/init/cleanup
sections, subcomponents, and methods a single Mason component. They are
implemented using Perl's closures (anonymous subroutines which carry
my-vars from their context).

To share variables between an autohandler and the components within its
directory, you could use a global variable, a Perl module which all your
components load, some <%methods> on the autohandler (which the child
components will inherit), or you could pass them down from the autohandler
to the children as arguments.

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Gordon Henriksen
go...@ac...