RE: [misterhouse-users] scoping of variables

[Bruce W. <br...@mi...>]

> i'm working on a routine that uses an array initiallized by the
> main MH routine (it's %name_by_number, created by a subroutine in
> Caller_ID.pm when MH sees that a CID list exists in %congif_parms).
>
> the problem i run into is that i can't refer to it in my user
> code because it apparently doesn't get initialized until after
> the user code gets pulled into the MH loop.
>
> am i going to cause any problems if i initialize it with a 'use
> vars' in my user code? is there a better way to share this info?

Because we had a 'use vars' in the lib/Caller_ID.pm file, you should be able
to use that array in your user code with the package name prfixed
(Caller_ID::).  For example, I use it in code/bruce/phone.pl and
phone_logs.pl, like this:

 while (my($key, $value) = each %Caller_ID::name_by_number) {


Bruce