[Catalyst-dev] subdomain hook for Catalyst::Test

[Jason Gottshall]

Ashley wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Jason Gottshall wrote:
>> Matt S Trout wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 10:07:32AM -0400, Jason Gottshall wrote:
>>>> Here's a thought: if the (optional) alternate domain info is stored 
>>>> in a package var, and therefore localizable, couldn't I then 
>>>> dispense with the added argument to request() altogether? It 
>>>> certainly simplifies the code; I don't have to mess with @_ 
>>>> anywhere. Tests can just localize the defaults as necessary. Done.
>>> You could. But isn't that gonna get kinda gross if you want to make lots
>>> of requests each to a different domain?
>>
> 
> Just throwing this out there: "domain" is probably the wrong technical 
> nomenclature for this however it ends up being done. URI.pm and friends 
> use "host" and I argue for toeing that line.

Excellent. I've been wondering about that myself. I'll accept the idea 
of going with "host" (and "default_host" as the package var) for 
fully-qualified "white-label" values

Now, how do you feel about that which I've been calling "subdomain"? 
That is, one or more of the left-most domain/host name elements, to be 
added to whatever the standing host is at the time: 'localhost' for 
local requests, or the hostname component of $ENV{CATALYST_SERVER}, or 
even the newly minted "host" value noted above. I think I pulled the 
term from a DNS-related RFC, but that means nothing. I'm open to 
suggestions.