[Twisted-web] [Nevow] new chapter about authentication

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:49:47 +0200, Manlio Perillo <manlio_perillo at libero.it> wrote:
>Valentino Volonghi aka Dialtone ha scritto:
>> [...]
>
>> Also it would use the session as a storage for
>> objects which is a bad way to program. Of course it is possible anyway,
>> but at least it's not encouraged by the framework.
>>
>
>I have found an example that needs specialized (non authenticators)
>sessions.
>
>Several e-commerce sites allow costumers to put items into a basket even
>if they are not authenticated.

No.  This case is no different from any other.  Cred does not make
anonymous users a special case: it deals with them in the same way
it deals with all other users.

Guard is entirely capable of providing a shopping cart to unauthenticated
users.

Jean-Paul