Mason and components

neilwatson has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Using Mason I call a subcomponent:

<& nostep.pl &>

I've seen examples of <& nostep.pl, $length => "2" &> but in my test that doesn't seem to work well when $length is numeric. How would one pass something like <& nostep.pl, my $length = 2 &> ?

Also, which parts of my code should contain use strict;?

Neil Watson
watson-wilson.ca

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Re: Mason and components by aturner (Initiate) on Mar 24, 2003 at 17:05 UTC
I think what you're looking for is: `<& nostep.pl, length => 2 &>` [download] Ie: don't put a '$' infront of varnames and you need to use the '=>' operator rather then the '=' operator to seperate varnames and values. -Aaron	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mason and components by valdez (Monsignor) on Mar 24, 2003 at 18:48 UTC
According to the Mason Book: By default, all components will be run under Perl's `strict` pragma, which forces you to declare any Perl variables you use in your components. So, unless you set `use_strict => 0`, this check is already in place and can be disabled locally using `no strict`. HTH, Valerio	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Mason and components by Tomte (Priest) on Mar 24, 2003 at 17:00 UTC
Though one monk or the other definitly will help you, I suggest joining, reading, posting this question to the very helpfull mason-users mailing-list: `mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net` The usual sf.net list-procedures apply, if you're unfamiliar with these, go to this page where you can become a member via a simple web-formular. kind regards, tomte	[reply]