Re: [Cgi-session-user] session data not being saved till flushed.

[James.Q.L <shi...@ya...>]

--- Mark Stosberg <ma...@su...> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:30:47PM -0500, James.Q.L wrote:
> > HI,
> > 
> > I am using C::S 4.03 and the session data is not saved unless i call flush(). The doc claims
> > otherwise, "Normally it will be called for you just before the program terminates, or session
> > object goes out of scope, so you should never have to flush() on your own."
> 
> Hello James,
> 
> There are now several bug reports filed about related behavior,
> including one I filed myself just a few days ago:
> 
> http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=17541
> 
> This much is clear:
> 
> - For some people flush() used to happen automatically with 3.95, but quit working
>   with 4.00 (and still isn't fixed in 4.03).
> 
> - It's possible for third party modules to break the automatic flush() behavior, which 
>   I've confirmed myself. This can happen by creating a circular reference, so that the
>   DESTROY method isn't invoked as expected. 
> 
> My proposal to address the situation is quit relying on flush() happen
> automatically, and recommend that people use an explicit flush()
> instead, which works reliably for everyone.
> 
> That's what I'm doing. Actually, since I use CGI::Application, I just
> call flush() in teardown() and forget about it the rest of the time. 
> This currently does have some overhead because it means that a session
> ma created at that moment so that flush() can be called on it!

how did CGI::Session handle the flush overhead before? 

thank you for the headsup and I am back to use flush().
 
> New functionality may be added to the Session plugin to address that.
> 
> I have commit and release access for the CGI::Session project, but I
> wanted to get feedback from other people on the issue before proceeding.
> 
> I know these flush() issues can be frustrating and time consuming to
> trackdown, so I'd like to address it soon. 

great! let me know if i can be any help.
 
> 	Mark
> 

James.


	

	
		
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