Fwd: Cookies not saved to a file (thus not sent)

Dear Gisle,

 

The difference in the two sites behavior turns out to be the "discard" field
used by the www.magna.isa.gov.il site. Adding the (...ignore_discard => 1)
to the constructor's hash forced a save to the file.
 

Indeed, your CPAN documentation of HTTP::Cookies includes the following:

 

$cookie_jar->save( $file )

 

    This method file saves the state of the $cookie_jar to a file. The state
can then be restored later using the load() method. If a filename is not
specified we will use the name specified during construction. If the
attribute ignore_discard is set, then we will even save cookies that are
marked to be discarded.

 

The last sentence alludes to the "discard" field's role in the package. (And
there are a few more hints in passing.) But IMHO, this issue of "discard"
and no-expired-field merits a more direct treatment. This can be right in
the "Description" section or at least under a "NOTES" heading.

 

For your consideration...

 

Regards,

Meir