Proper apache config directive for a homepage

[Dave Viner]

Hi,

I'm trying to set a special Perl handler for the "homepage" or index  
page of a site.  A directive like:

        <Location />
            SetHandler perl-script
            PerlResponseHandler Cool::Handler
        </Location>

causes all requests to be served by Cool::Handler.  However, I want  
only requests that match ^/$ to be served in that manner.  One hacky  
way I found to use mod_rewrite like is this:

        <Location /index>
            SetHandler perl-script
            PerlResponseHandler Cool::Handler
        </Location>
        RewriteRule ^/index.html  /index [R=301]

But, I think there must be a better way.  What's the best way for me  
to specify a handler which matches the "/" request?

thanks
dave