Shell.pm: pod rewrite and new mini-feature $Shell::raw

[perl5.git] / lib / FindBin.pm

diff --git a/lib/FindBin.pm b/lib/FindBin.pm
index 41cd0fa..4610beb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/FindBin.pm
+++ b/lib/FindBin.pm
@@ -39,9 +39,29 @@ directory.
  $RealBin     - $Bin with all links resolved
  $RealScript  - $Script with all links resolved
 
+=head1 KNOWN ISSUES
+
+If there are two modules using C<FindBin> from different directories
+under the same interpreter, this won't work. Since C<FindBin> uses a
+C<BEGIN> block, it'll be executed only once, and only the first caller
+will get it right. This is a problem under mod_perl and other persistent
+Perl environments, where you shouldn't use this module. Which also means
+that you should avoid using C<FindBin> in modules that you plan to put
+on CPAN. To make sure that C<FindBin> will work is to call the C<again>
+function:
+
+  use FindBin;
+  FindBin::again(); # or FindBin->again;
+
+In former versions of FindBin there was no C<again> function. The
+workaround was to force the C<BEGIN> block to be executed again:
+
+  delete $INC{'FindBin.pm'};
+  require FindBin;
+
 =head1 KNOWN BUGS
 
-if perl is invoked as
+If perl is invoked as
 
    perl filename
 
@@ -82,9 +102,9 @@ use File::Spec;
 %EXPORT_TAGS = (ALL => [qw($Bin $Script $RealBin $RealScript $Dir $RealDir)]);
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
-$VERSION = "1.43";
+$VERSION = "1.44";
 
-BEGIN
+sub init
 {
  *Dir = \$Bin;
  *RealDir = \$RealBin;
@@ -165,5 +185,9 @@ BEGIN
   }
 }
 
+BEGIN { init }
+
+*again = \&init;
+
 1; # Keep require happy