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today's living hell
Simply reading in the file won't work because of further includes. Putting them through an Apache filter has been set as a last resort due to restrictions on the live server. With CGI::SSI the JavaScript doesn't work. The templating system doesn't handle includes. The existing solution--which consisted of a function parsing the SSI and recursively parsing includes--can't handle this new SSI.
I have finally gotten something functional by
using LWP to make requests for all the includes
(roughly 5 per page), and to return the result
for inclusion in the template. I'm not very
happy with this solution, but it has to be
done by Monday and I was hoping to take the
afternoon off tomorrow for my birthday.
Better suggestions which don't include multiple HTTP requests to serve a single page are welcome.
I must note that: 1) I had nothing to do with the SSI. 2) This is legacy code and I can't do anything dramatic like make it work in mod_perl overnight, or change the templating system. 3) The JavaScript is not my choice, either.
I seem to be using the world 'hell' in all my journal entries. I wonder why this is.
Or is it a BUG?"
"Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)"
--Larry Wall in <6909@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
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