--- nfo/perl/libs/libp.pm	2002/12/01 22:11:35	1.8
+++ nfo/perl/libs/libp.pm	2002/12/22 14:15:02	1.12
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 #################################
 #
-#  $Id: libp.pm,v 1.8 2002/12/01 22:11:35 joko Exp $
+#  $Id: libp.pm,v 1.12 2002/12/22 14:15:02 joko Exp $
 #
 #  $Log: libp.pm,v $
+#  Revision 1.12  2002/12/22 14:15:02  joko
+#  + sub mkObject
+#
+#  Revision 1.11  2002/12/19 16:27:17  joko
+#  +- renamed 'cmd' to 'run_cmd'
+#
+#  Revision 1.10  2002/12/19 01:05:35  joko
+#  + sub today
+#
+#  Revision 1.9  2002/12/05 13:54:00  joko
+#  + fix: let 'deep_copy' print its message out (instead of die)
+#
 #  Revision 1.8  2002/12/01 22:11:35  joko
 #  + sub cmd
 #  + sub run_cmds
@@ -44,15 +56,16 @@
     md5 md5_hex md5_base64
     ParseDate UnixDate
     strftime
-    stripHtml stripSpaces stripNewLines toReal trim
     croak
+
+    stripHtml stripSpaces stripNewLines toReal trim
     array_getDifference
     getDirList
-    now
+    now today
     deep_copy
     getNewPerlObjectByPkgName
-    cmd
-    run_cmds
+    run_cmd run_cmds
+    mkObject
 );
 
 use Data::Dumper;
@@ -199,6 +212,10 @@
   return strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime);
 }
 
+sub today {
+  return strftime("%Y-%m-%d", localtime);
+}
+
 # ACK's go to ...
 sub deep_copy {
   my $this = shift;
@@ -210,7 +227,8 @@
     +{map { $_ => deep_copy($this->{$_}) } keys %$this};
   } elsif (ref $this eq "CODE") {
     $this;
-  } else { die "what type is $_?" }
+  #} else { die "deep_copy asks: what type is $this?" }
+  } else { print "deep_copy asks: what type is $this?", "\n"; }
 }
 
 sub getNewPerlObjectByPkgName {
@@ -224,7 +242,18 @@
   return $pkgname->new($args);
 }
 
-sub cmd ($) {
+sub mkObject {
+  my $pkgname = shift;
+  #my $args = shift;
+  #$logger->debug( __PACKAGE__ . "->getNewPerlObjectByPkgName( pkgname $pkgname args $args )" );
+  my $evstring = "use $pkgname;";
+  eval($evstring);
+  #$@ && $logger->error( __PACKAGE__ . ':' . __LINE__ . " Error in eval $evstring: " .  $@ );
+  $@ && print( __PACKAGE__ . ':' . __LINE__ . " Error in eval \"$evstring\": " .  $@ );
+  return $pkgname->new(@_);
+}
+
+sub run_cmd {
   my $cmd = shift;
   $cmd = 'perl ' . $cmd;
   my $sep = "-" x 90;
@@ -237,7 +266,7 @@
 
 sub run_cmds {
   foreach (@_) {
-    cmd($_);
+    run_cmd($_);
   }
 }