[Catalyst] Why does $c->stats require -Debug flag?

[Matt S Trout]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 05:02:26PM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> I've just tried to run my app. without the -Debug flag and now I just 
> get the '(en) Please come back later' (+ several other languages) error 
> page. I've traced it to the use of $c->stats in the end() method in the 
> Root controller, which is an ActionClass('RenderView') method:
> 
> [error] Caught exception in MyApp::Controller::Root->end "Can't call 
> method "accept" on an undefined value at ... etc
> 
> $c->stats->accept() is used in generating script timing reports (Cory 
> Watson: Adding Action Timings To Your Output), and works fine if -Debug 
> is enabled.
> 
> Nothing else seems adversely affected by removing -Debug. 
> Catalyst::Stats is up to date, and the docs suggest it should 
> automatically be accessible via $c->stats. Any ideas anyone?

Debug mode is what turns on the internal statistics and action timing code,
so the stats object isn't initialised without it.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature.

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