Re: Unloading Perl scripts ...

[Frodo Baggins <thehobbit@altern.org>]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 07:38:22PM +1000, Peter Zelezny scripsit:
> It should change for 1.9.x/2.0.0. Running each script in it's own initialized
> interpreter might do the trick, but I'm scared to see how much memory that'll
> use. What do you mean by a "perl based" perl scripting interface (it sounds
> evil ;)?

Running multiple interpreter is silly. First it will eat to much
memory, second will forbid to have utility scripts. For instance, I
have made a script which just adds rfc-like nick and channel name
comparation. I use the function provided by this script in a lot of
others. Obvioulsy I could make the script a perl module and have the
script charging it, but then there will be say 10 copies of it in the
memory...

By "perl based" I mean that the search for the handler and its
execution will be a purely perl affair, using function defined in a
perl module which will be loaded by the embedded interpreter on
startup. From the point of view of the rest of xchat, nothing will
change: it will still call some perl_inboud or perl_outbound function,
but this will in turn call a perl sub and let it doing the
job. Starting nerxt month I should have some free time and I could
try to implement it if you people are interested.



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