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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:24:29 +0300
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To: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Discussion] Add session_gc()
From: narf@devilix.net (Andrey Andreev)

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Hi,

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote:

> Hi Andrey,
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:46 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> ,,,
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Speaking of the documentation part - it's not hard to imagine A LOT of
> >> > people doing this:
> >> >
> >> >     session_start();
> >> >     session_gc();
> >> >
> >> > That's not a small problem.
> >>
> >> Shooting their own foot is not our problem, but leaving obsolete and
> >> possibly active session is ours.
> >>
> >
> > If you want to explicitly document something as a best practice, it IS
> your
> > problem when users shoot their feet with it
>
> Lack of proper API for required task is our problem. Misuse is not ours.
> IMHO.
>

I understand your POV, but you can't advertise something as a best practice
and not warn about mistakes that are easy to make - it would be indecent at
the very least.

Cheers,
Andrey.

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