Hi, Here is a problem on initialization of globals while embedding Perl inside C.

Consider the following code:

======================= 

package Test;
require Exporter;
@ISA =Exporter;

use Config::Inifiles;
our $my_config = new Config::Inifiles(-file => "config.ini");

sub my_test
{
    print "[ key = ".$my_config->val("section", "key")."]\n";
}

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This piece of code works fine when I invoke my_test function from a Perl file. The correct value for a given key is printed.

But this doesnt work when I invoke my_test through C code.

However, if I move the global initialization code to another Perl module (say globals.pm), and then invoke the function my_test through C, it works.

The new Perl code would be:

====================

Globals.pm 

package globals;
require Exporter;
@ISA = (Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(init, $my_config);
use Config::Inifiles;

sub init
{
  $my_config = new Config::Inifiles(- file => "config.ini");
}
1;

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and Test.pm is as follows: 

package Test;
require Exporter;
@ISA = Exporter;

use  globals;
sub my_test
{
  globals::init();
  print "[ key = ".$globals::my_config->val("section", "key")."]\n";
}

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Can someone explain this behavior? Why does globals initialization not take place when Perl function is invoked through C code?

In reply to Global Initialization while embedding Perl by rajiyer

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