Re: [cgiapp] configuration modules

[Michael Peters <suppressed>]

Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> HI,
>
> Currently to load up my config's i have a hash in a .pl file that i just "use"
>
> I"m looking at using one of the config file modules on cpan liek this one
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~wonko/CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Simple-1.00/lib/CGI/Application/Plugin/Config/Simple.pm
>
> I'm not working in a cached environment at all right now that is, no
> mod_perl. I"m wonderng how much extra over head would it be to load up
> that config file versus the method i'm using now..

There is some overhead, but the extent depends on how large the file is. 
If it's pretty small I would imagine the I/O of 'use'ing a file and 
reading the config would probably be most of the overhead and not the 
parsing.

C::A::P::Config::Simple is just a simple wrapper around Config::Simple. 
If you are really concerned I would use Benchmark to create a typical 
file in both formats (or maybe all 4 formats since Config::Simple 
supports a very simple syntax, and http based syntax, and a .ini syntax) 
and then see how they compare. I'd guess the straight hash approach 
would be the fastest, but by how much, I don't have a clue.

> As for why i don't use mod_perl. it's a long story, and i'm working
> towards using it in the future.

Well, keep working towards it :)

--
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP


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