Re: mod_tcl plans

["David N. Welton" <da...@dedasys.com>]

"Dietz, Phil E." <PE...@west.com> writes:

[ Did anyone answer this? I moved back to Italy, so I haven't been
doing much screen time lately... ]

> Are there any plans to allow mod_tcl to run "TCL CGI apps with no
> code changes" similar to how mod_perl can with it's APACHE::PerlRun
> handler ??

> Replacing [puts] with [rputs] is not a viable option for many of
> us....

Why not just replace puts with a wrapper in your code?  Tcl is
malleable enough to let you do that very easily.

> Those scripts also require posted data to be sent on stdin, env to
> be set, etc like mod_cgi.

Hrm, the data to stdin think is tougher...  Might require some more
wrapping of 'read' and 'gets'.

> At least we'd save the cost of loading the interpreter each time.

I think making standard tcl cgi scripts run is definitely a worthwhile
goal, whether we do it with mod_tcl or Rivet (which is where I spend
my time).  Rivet lets you use 'puts', but doesn't do anything about
stdin... you'd still have to wrap that.

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