[guest - Sat Dec 18 00:12:43 2004]:
Show quoted text> Hi,
>
> Win32::Process::Info::NT Version = 1.002
>
> It seems that setting the Env Variable:
> $ENV{PERL_WIN32_PROCESS_INFO_VARIANT} = 'NT';
> does not persuade the system to adopt the 'NT' Variant.
>
> The only way that it can be done is by invoking the command below:
> Win32::Process::Info->Set (variant => 'NT');
>
> It would be good if you can verify - is this a bug?
>
Well, it's probably actually a feature. The thing is, the environment
variable is consulted when the module is loaded, and changing it
thereafter does no good. I'm going to revise the docs (again!) to
reflect this. I suppose you _could_ code something like
BEGIN {
$ENV{PERL_WIN32_PROCESS_INFO_VARIANT} = 'NT';
}
use Win32::Process::Info;
if you were dead set on manipulating the environment variable.
The static "Set" is my preferred way to change the behaviour of the
code programattically. Unless you want to specify the variant when you
instantiate the object, which is also supported.
The environment variables were sort of for global configuration of the
module - so that someone who only wanted to use the NT variant could
create a system-wide (or user-wide) environment variable and set it as
desired.
Slight change of subject: The docs say that objects have the 'variant'
attribute, but it's read-only. This is currently false, but it was
supposed to be true. Another thing to be fixed in 1.003.
