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Jon-Pierre Gentil
jgentil at sebistar.net
Mon Sep 12 18:50:47 EDT 2005
On Monday 12 September 2005 03:26 pm, akonsu wrote: > > An underscore will prevent direct access: > > def _foo(): > would not this be accessible through http://host/test.py/_foo ? Nope, mod_python.publisher blocks that. > > > 2. in my .py file (that is invoked through the publisher handler > > > again) i define some global variables. i noticed that these > > > variables are initialised once. is this by design or just a > > > coincidence? can i rely on this behaviour? > > > > It depends. A database or other persistent storage mechanism may be > > more reliable. > > i am not talking about saving user data that should go in to sessions > in global variables. i need a list of files in a particular directory, > and i am trying to avoid building this list on every single http > request. what is the right strategy for handling something like this? mod_python global variables vary by a lot of different things. Thus they are unreliable to use. -- _________________________________________________________ Jon-Pierre Gentil PGP: 0x7E1CBA17 jabber: jgentil at sebistar.net web: www.sebistar.net "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." _________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mm_cfg_has_not_been_edited_to_set_host_domains/pipermail/mod_python/attachments/20050912/8e338edc/attachment.bin
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