[mod_python] global textual constants

I haven't used publisher extensively, but FWIW you should be able to
call your setup code in the global scope of the module (it'll be
executed when publisher imports the module), and reference slot1,
slot2, etc in as globals in your publisher code.

-Colin

(sorry for the duplicate, David, I forgot to re: list)

On 6/5/06, David Bear <David.Bear at asu.edu> wrote:
> I am attempting to have modpython populate certain slots in a psp
> template.
>
> Since publisher calls the function named on the url automagically, is
> there  some init that I can call prior to that? I would like to have
> my script read some files that would provide globally available text
> -- something like a common footer disclaimer --
>
> so I could do someting like
>
> slot1 = open('slot1.txt', 'r').read()
> slot2 = open('slot2.txt', 'r').read()
>
> Then slot1 and slot2 would be available in any function that I need
> them.
>
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