Re^7: Overriding bless for inside-out object safety

From the little I know of what xdg is doing, I wonder if it could ever be compatible with mod_perl?

There's only a few things that I've heard of that cause problems for mod_perl.

Many inside-out object toolkits use attributes and the CHECK phase to set up various things and that doesn't work under mod_perl
Without hooks for Storable, inside-out objects can't be serialized^*
Perl threads clone the interpreter; mod_perl uses a persistant interpreter. I'd imagine the combination would be ugly, regardless of whether inside-out objects are involved or not

What I'm working on will address the first two problems. Object::InsideOut does this already today. The last is a tangential issue, though I'm also providing support for inside-out objects and threads, regardless of mod_perl issues.

^*Expecting to serialize an object by violating encapsulation and treating it like a data structure isn't a very good practice to start with as it's inconsistent usage of imperative and object-oriented styles of programming: freeze( $object ) instead of $object->freeze. Thankfully, Storable does the right thing if hooks are provided.

-xdg

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Re^8: Overriding bless for inside-out object safety by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 04, 2006 at 20:41 UTC
Perl threads clone the interpreter; mod_perl uses a persistant interpreter. I'd imagine the combination would be ugly, That was my main concern, but I hear that mod_perl2 "uses threads". I am unaware if these are in any way compatible with ithreads, hence my reluctance to say "it can't work". Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^8: Overriding bless for inside-out object safety
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 04, 2006 at 20:41 UTC

Perl threads clone the interpreter; mod_perl uses a persistant interpreter. I'd imagine the combination would be ugly,

That was my main concern, but I hear that mod_perl2 "uses threads". I am unaware if these are in any way compatible with ithreads, hence my reluctance to say "it can't work".

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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