Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT

Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> wrote
> I have had several requests for a way to control the 'LocalAddr' used
> for connections made by LWP.  I think the best way to deal with this
> is to make is configurable at the IO::Socket::INET level.  In this
> patch I have chosen to make it default from an environment variable.
> Another approach could be to provide a class method or simply a global
> variable like $IO::Socket::INET::DEFAULT_LOCAL_ADDR.  Any other
> thoughts or suggestiong for a better environment variable name?

a)   I don't see the need to do this at the IO::Socket level.

b)   If it is done, a global variable is preferable to an environment
     variable.

c)   Shouldn't environment variables used by Perl have names starting
     PERL... ?


Mike Guy

• Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Gisle Aas
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by M.J.T. Guy
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Gisle Aas
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by M.J.T. Guy
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Gisle Aas
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Gurusamy Sarathy
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Gisle Aas
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Graham Barr
• Re: Make IO::Socket::INET pick up LocalAddr from the ENVIRONMENT by Stephen Zander