Re: [Nms-cgi-devel] Open question on variable/constants

[Olivier D. <dr...@sh...>]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 06:07:55PM -0500, Joseph F. Ryan wrote:
> Secondly, the use of subs to create constants like that is ridiculous.  Try 
> the constant pragma :)
> 
> use constant DEBUGGING                      => 0;
> use constant EMULATE_MATTS_CODE  => 0;
> use constant MAILPROG                        => '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';

I wouldn't say that using it is ridiculous to use subroutines to create
constants, but this alternative seems reasonable. Is is in the standard
library of 5.004_04? Does this integrate in strings as easily as a
normal variable, eg.

print "Mail program is MAILPROG";

? In this case it would make this approach much more appealing I think.

-Oli

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