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

[Nick C. <ni...@cl...>]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 06:34:07PM -0500, Olivier Dragon wrote:
> 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.

use constant works in 5.00404, but it is a little messy to
interpolate it into a string.

> print "Mail program is MAILPROG";

print "Mail program is @{[ MAILPROG ]}";

The big problem (with both constants and subs) is that it makes
the config section of the script look a bit different, and we're
aiming to make it very easy for users with no technical skills to
change from Matt's version to ours by copying their config over.

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Nick