Add req.server.get_options() for obtain PythonOption values set at global level.

• Key: MODPYTHON-137
• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Graham Dumpleton
• Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
• Component/s: core
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.x
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.10, 3.3.1

Description

The req.server.get_config() member seems like it is supposed to allow access to values of configuration directives set at global context. It seems though to have a few problems with it though. See MODPYTHON-133 and MODPYTHON-134.

Regardless of that, it seems it may be appropriate to provide an equivalent for PythonOption directive settings. Specifically req.server.get_options(). This would return a table object giving all PythonOption value settings performed at global scope. This would be useful where a value needs to be set globally in one place and not be overridable in more constrained configuration containers.

This might for example be used as a way or allowing the mutex directory to be specified in the Apache configuration as well as as a "configure" command line option. See MODPYTHON-131.

See commentary along with some patches in:

  http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg01295.html