Just looking at the defaults suffices to see this is incorrect. In reality, the value can also be a boolean (false or true) or a duration. The code of _set_cookie_expires() confirms the above definition is highly misleading.
Moreover, there is no explanation of how cookie_expires relates to timeout.
The documentation of
session.beakerspecifies itscookie_expiresparameter as follows:Just looking at the defaults suffices to see this is incorrect. In reality, the value can also be a boolean (false or true) or a duration. The code of
_set_cookie_expires()confirms the above definition is highly misleading.Moreover, there is no explanation of how
cookie_expiresrelates totimeout.Ticket #116 tracks that even the Configuration documentation page is incomplete on the topic, and ticket #31 tracks that it is wrong.