Let's say I have module 'A.pm' that uses CGI.pm (for param() mainly).

And let's say I have module 'B.pm' that also uses CGI.pm for similar reasons.

When I run test script.cgi from shell that uses 'A.pm' and 'B.pm', I get the "Enter params" thingy twice.

I *think* that I'm getting asked every time a new CGI object is created.

So my question is, what's the best way to share a CGI object over several scripts and associated modules? ie, if: 

my $q = new CGI;

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is already defined in one module, to use that object rather than create a new one. Typeglobs? Exporter? It needs to be flexible, because not all modules are used by each script, but both modules use CGI::param(). Then I could use something like this: 
$q = new CGI unless defined $q;

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I guess what I'm asking is, "What's the best way to control the existance of one object over several namespaces?".

I'm probably not making much sense here (it's 5am and I need to sleep :), but if anyone does have a clue what I'm going on about, I'd appreciate some clarity on this.

thanks

cLive ;-)

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