What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using?

I was just going over a script which uses the deprecated, non-OO form of getting the variables from CGI.pm, the one where you do CGI:ReadParse() and it puts everything into a hash called %in.

Leaving aside the "stop doing it that way" answers, how do I make my script valid using strict if it uses this hash -- it's not my hash, after all.
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($_='jjjuuusssttt annootthheer
     pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;
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Re: What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using? by clintp (Curate) on Jul 01, 2002 at 02:16 UTC
Use the fully qualified name of the variable (%main::in) or declare the variable with `our %in` in your program. (Presumably it's using %main::in. Adjust accordingly otherwise.)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using? by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Jul 01, 2002 at 02:42 UTC
So, the hash is in the main namespace? And what does one do to make code which uses it strict-proof -- I'm missing something obvious, aren't I? -- `($_='jjjuuusssttt annootthheer pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jul 01, 2002 at 13:14 UTC
The bog standard `our %in;` in main - or if you're using an older Perl, `use vars qw(%in);` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using? by theorbtwo (Prior) on Jul 01, 2002 at 02:19 UTC
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "stop doing it that way" but it seems that Vars is exactly what you want. To paraphrase the docs, `use CGI ':cgi-lib'; %in = Vars;` [download] . Or, do an `our %in` at the top, or use `%::in`. We are using here a powerful strategy of synthesis: wishful thinking. -- The Wizard Book	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using? by mattriff (Chaplain) on Jul 01, 2002 at 02:32 UTC
I second theorbtwo's recommendation to use Vars(), but in quick testing it looks like you can declare a hash and pass a reference to it as an argument to ReadParse(): `my %vars; CGI::ReadParse(\%vars);` [download] I used %vars to illustrate it could have any name, but of course you could use %in if you needed for compatibility. UPDATE: And clintp is right on both counts, by the way. So, if you are going to use ReadParse() you are probably best off declaring `our %in;` and forgetting about it. But "there's more than one way to do it," and all of that. :) - Matt Riffle	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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