Hi gurus.
Do I understand this correctly that if in a Perl Handler i get
my $c = $r->connection();
then $c is the object that represents the persistent TCP/IP connection
between the browser and the server, in case there is "keep-alive" going on ?
Now lets say that I create an authentication method based on the Request
(as they tend to be usually).
On the first request, the authentication happens, and I set a
$c->notes('credentials') value. I also set a browser cookie.
On subsequent requests, I could check this $c->notes('credentials')
first, in case a previous request over the same connection already
resulted in authentication, could I not ?
In the worst case, the connection is new and I would not have these
notes (meaning I then need to get the cookie, and in its absence redo an
authentication); but in the vast majority of cases (depending on
keep-alive), I could save myself some overhead by considering the
connection as authenticated instead of the request, no ?
Or are there some pitfalls here of which I am ignorant ?
Or is the potential gain not worth the cost of getting the $r->connection ?
Thanks for opinions.
