[ic] Problems with calling [userdb] within embedded Perl

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Stefan Hornburg (Racke) (racke at linuxia.de):
> Mike Heins wrote:
> >Quoting Stefan Hornburg (Racke) (racke at linuxia.de):
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>one of my customers has a complex login procedure. Therefore I'm doing it 
> >>in
> >>embedded Perl within the login profile.
> >>
> >>All that worked without problems until the customer wants to save and 
> >>restore
> >>the cart.
> >>
> >>Now login is no longer possible for users with saved carts:
> >
> >
> >None of this has changed -- it should never have been possible
> >with saved carts.
> 
> I know, the "now" was referring to my situation as shop developer where 
> logins
> were no longer possible.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >>Bad structure in carts: Bad structure in carts: 'require' trapped by 
> >>operation mask at (tag 'perl') line 1. (in cleanup) Undefined subroutine 
> >>&main:: called at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/Safe.pm line 235.
> >>
> >>Responsible for this problem is the reval in the Vend::UserDB::get_hash 
> >>routine:
> >
> >
> >It might make sense to use Vend::Util::string_to_ref instead
> >of the direct reval call.
> >
> 
> That works like a charm. Any drawbacks for using that method ? It seems
> logical to use a canonical routine for deserialization.

I think you should commit that to CVS, it is the way it should be done.

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