> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Take a look at the "do" function. I use it all the time in some of
> > my CGI scripts. It takes a script filename and executes it as a perl
> > program.
>
> Yikes. If you're going to that, you're better off creating a Perl module
> and using that in your script. 'do' is better for including subroutines
> and symbols from another file, since the file is eval'd, for all intents
> and purposes, in the calling script.
I generally agree. But if you have a perl script that is not a module, I have
found "do" to be very useful in certain circumstances.
--
Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Consultant
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