[mod_python] session.last_accessed() ?

Oh, I just found some code from an old version that looks like it should
work.  But I deleted it.  I can't remember now why I dropped it.

Does this (if cookies.has_key('pysid')) look like a reasonable way to
tell if a new session is for a truly first time (virgin) user?

    # Get any ccookies.
    cookies = Cookie.get_cookies(req, Cookie.MarshalCookie,
	 secret=secretKey)

    # Either read the existing session (if any) or create a new one.
    session = Session.Session(req, None, secretKey, timeout)

    # Was it necessary to create a new session object?
    if session.is_new():

        # Was there an old session but it expired?
        if cookies.has_key('pysid'):            
            sessionStatus = 'expired'
        else:
            sessionStatus = 'new'



On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 15:02, John Mudd wrote:
> Thanks.
> 
> I started to add my own time stamp and then realized that even that
> won't solve my original problem.  
> 
> What I really want to know if whether a new session object was created
> because (1) there was never a session for this client before or (2) the
> previous session has since expired.  I can tell if a session object is
> new thanks to the is_new() method but not whether an old session
> expired.  If I know then I can tell the client user why they have to
> login again (e.g. the session expired).
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 14:52, Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
> > This is a bug clearly... I suppose a workaround would be to store your own
> > date until we have this fixed.
> > 
> > Grisha
> > 
> > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, John Mudd wrote:
> > 
> > > What good is session.last_accessed() ?
> > >
> > > It seems to return the time that I created the session object or last
> > > read it from disk.  Which tells me nothing of interest.
> > >
> > > I'd like to how long since the session was previously (if ever) saved to
> > > disk.  Is there a way to get that?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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