--- nfo/perl/libs/libp.pm	2002/11/17 07:18:59	1.6
+++ nfo/perl/libs/libp.pm	2002/12/22 14:15:02	1.12
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 #################################
 #
-#  $Id: libp.pm,v 1.6 2002/11/17 07:18:59 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
+#
+#  Revision 1.7  2002/11/29 04:44:53  joko
+#  - sub array_getRelations
+#  + sub getNewPerlObjectByPkgName
+#
 #  Revision 1.6  2002/11/17 07:18:59  joko
 #  + sub deep_copy
 #
@@ -26,24 +46,28 @@
 
 package libp;
 
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
 require Exporter;
-@ISA = qw( Exporter );
-@EXPORT = qw( 
+our @ISA = qw( Exporter );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( 
     Dumper
     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
+    run_cmd run_cmds
+    mkObject
 );
 
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Digest::MD5 qw(md5 md5_hex md5_base64);
 
@@ -111,35 +135,7 @@
   return $result;
 }
 
-sub array_getRelations {
-  my $a_ref = shift;
-  my $b_ref = shift;
-  my @a = @{$a_ref};
-  my @b = @{$b_ref};
-
-  my @isect = my @diff = my @union = ();
-  my $e;
-  my %count;
-  
-  foreach $e (@a, @b) { $count{$e}++ }
-
-  foreach $e (keys %count) {
-      push(@union, $e);
-      push @{ $count{$e} == 2 ? \@isect : \@diff }, $e;
-  }
-  
-  my $result = {
-    union => \@union,
-    isect => \@isect,
-    diff => \@diff,
-  };
-
-}
 
-sub array_getDifference {
-  my $res = array_getRelations(shift, shift);
-  return $res->{diff};
-}
 
 
 # =============================================
@@ -216,6 +212,11 @@
   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;
   if (not ref $this) {
@@ -226,7 +227,47 @@
     +{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 {
+  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 $pkgname->new($args);
+}
+
+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;
+  print $sep, "\n";
+  print "  ", $cmd, "\n";
+  print $sep, "\n";
+  system($cmd);
+  print "\n";
+}
+
+sub run_cmds {
+  foreach (@_) {
+    run_cmd($_);
+  }
 }
 
 1;