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helenio
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Feb 26, 2014

local variable within same irule on all events

Hello,   I'd like to use a local variable to log all event within a certain irule.   Since now I have done like this:   when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { set logdebug 1 if {$logdebug != 0} {log loc...
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IheartF5_45022
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Feb 26, 2014

Personally I generally don't tend to use static variables - they are too subject to unexpected change from other irules 'accidentally' initialising the same variable. Think variable 'static::debug' - what crimes have been committed against that?

 

I tend to use CLIENT_ACCEPTED to initialise my variables - the overhead is negligible.

 

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    IheartF5_45022
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    Feb 26, 2014
    With caveat - except where variables are actually global in scope. Even then woul try to use session table if poss.