From: Pascal Meunier <pmeunier@...>
Date: 2005-10-01T00:07:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Apache 2 & global variables question

Or is it that Ruby 1.8.2 isn't compatible with Apache 2?


On 9/30/05 9:49 AM, "Pascal Meunier" <pmeunier@cerias.purdue.edu> wrote:

> In Ruby under Apache 2 threads, is a global variable global to all instances
> of scripts simultaneously?
> 
> I'm asking because this is the only way I've found to (partially) explain
> some disturbing behavior when running our Ruby scripts under Apache.
> Yesterday I made a post regarding some problems I had with the value of a
> global variable.  This morning this problem didn't happen anymore, no matter
> what I tried.  That is, until I started executing identical copies of the
> scripts from two different locations.  Then the same behavior and errors
> re-appeared!  Yesterday, someone else was working on his own cvs-checked out
> copy of the scripts at the same time I was.  This morning I was alone
> working on the scripts.  With two copies running at once, each setting
> different values for the global variable, we were seeing strange things.  It
> still doesn't explain everything we saw, but it would start making some
> sense.
> 
> Thanks,
> Pascal
> 
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