[ic] $::Control leaking between pages?

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Peter (peter at pajamian.dhs.org):
> On 04/04/16 06:50, Mike Heins wrote:
> >> I think this would be possible in the case of a new session,
> >> not otherwise.
> 
> Possibly also in the case of a "nosession" robot.  I did notice that
> $::Control is cleared in read_session(), but only if a valid session
> actually is read.  I think that also this would only really show up if a
> control variable is not explicitly set (in the [control-set] tag) for a
> page (otherwise the newly set value would override the old), so a fair
> few stars have to align properly for this bug to rear its head (which
> would be why this hasn't shown up until now).
> 
> > Actually, this should happen in Vend::Server::reset_vars(), and I have
> > done that. If you apply this patch:
> 
> Almost exactly what I was thinking.
> 
> > I have committed this to the repository.
> 
> Great.

Thanks for finding the bug. In fact, I am wondering if it might be
causing a persistent problem I have seen on another system.

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