Re: Howto develop with modperl 2 ? (Restart Apache all the time ?)

[Jens Helweg <suppressed>]

Thanks Linonel, Jonathan.
I have added this to my configuration and now get the error message:

failed to resolve handler `Apache2:Reload':

I haven't had the chance to look at this any closer. I will do this 
tomorrow, though. I don't want to overstrain your help - but do you have 
an idea ?

Jens

Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Lionel MARTIN wrote:
>
> > You can put that in your Apache conf file:
> >
> > PerlModule Apache2::Reload
> > PerlInitHandler Apache2::Reload
> >
> > This way, every time you alter one of your Apache modules, it gets 
> > reloaded.
> >
> > This incurs a small performance hit (the server has to fstat the 
> > related files every time a request is run, to know if any module has 
> > been updated on disk), but that's definitely a good choice when 
> > developing (no need to restart your server)
>
>
> Just to add:
>
>     this can screw up class inheritance
>         given
>             b isa a
>             sub a::one
>             sub b::one
>         issue:
>             if you delete b::one, you'll get an error under 
> apache::reload.  you'll need to restart the server
>
>     also
>
>     some modules, like rose::db::object, do some very agressive 
> optimizations and setup that have to do with package namesapce, and are 
> only run at begin.  if you alter their subs/vars/constants, you'll need 
> to restart as well.
>
> Apache2::Reload is the way to go.. but there are situations like the 
> above to watch out for.
>
> I'm sure there are other situations out there too.  those are just the 
> ones i deal with daily.
>
>
>
> // Jonathan Vanasco
>
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