Re: [HACKERS] regular expressions from hell

Not to mention the fact that if perl (or mod_perl) is already running
(and you're using a shared libperl), the library is already loaded.

On Sun, 31 May 1998, at 17:23:16, Brett McCormick wrote:

> Unfortunately, there's no other way. This is mentioned in the
> perlcall manpage, I beleive. One method which is ok in my book is to
> load the shared perl lib once, in one backend, and then it can be
> shared between all other backends when they need perl regex's.
>
> There is no mechanism for auto-loading the type/func shared libraries
> on postmaster startup correct? It happens per backend sessions? So
> to do the above you'd have to have one "Dummy" connection which just
> did a simple regex and then while(1) { sleep(10^32) };
>
> On Sun, 31 May 1998, at 16:46:30, David Gould wrote:
>
> > Hmmm, I really like the perl regex's, especially the extended syntax, but
> > I don't want to load a whole perl lib to get this.
> >
> > -dg
> >
> > David Gould dg(at)illustra(dot)com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
> > Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612
> > "Of course, someone who knows more about this will correct me if I'm wrong,
> > and someone who knows less will correct me if I'm right."
> > --David Palmer (palmer(at)tybalt(dot)caltech(dot)edu)
> >
>