mention that sessions are serialized with Mojo::JSON

mojolicious · Jun 18, 2012 · 05a2193 · 05a2193
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-3.0  2012-06-17
+3.0  2012-06-18
   - Code name "Rainbow", this is a major release.
   - Removed Mojolicious::Plugin::I18N so it can be maintained as a separate
     distribution.

diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Controller.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Controller.pm
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ timeout, which usually defaults to C<15> seconds.
   $c          = $c->session({foo => 'bar'});
   $c          = $c->session(foo => 'bar');
 
-Persistent data storage, stored C<JSON> serialized in a signed cookie. Note
-that cookies are generally limited to 4096 bytes of data.
+Persistent data storage, stored serialized with L<Mojo::JSON> in a signed
+cookie. Note that cookies are generally limited to 4096 bytes of data.
 
   # Manipulate session
   $c->session->{foo} = 'bar';

diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Growing.pod b/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Growing.pod
@@ -373,8 +373,9 @@ method L<Mojolicious::Controller/"flash">.
   $self->flash(message => 'Everything is fine.');
   $self->redirect_to('goodbye');
 
-Just remember that everything is stored in C<HMAC-SHA1> signed cookies, so
-there is usually a 4096 byte limit, depending on the browser.
+Just remember that everything is stored serialized with L<Mojo::JSON> in
+C<HMAC-SHA1> signed cookies, so there is usually a 4096 byte limit, depending
+on the browser.
 
 =head2 Final prototype
 

diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Lite.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Lite.pm
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ L<Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers/"session">.
   @@ counter.html.ep
   Counter: <%= session 'counter' %>
 
+Just be aware that all session data gets serialized with L<Mojo::JSON>.
+
 =head2 Secret
 
 Note that you should use a custom L<Mojolicious/"secret"> to make signed