Re^4: Falling for the same trap - since 1942

[Aristotle]

To me, session objects are great and I'm happy to use them, but it's important to remember that a session object, like any object, should be limited in scope to what's it's trying to conceptually represent.

That is pretty much the point. I use global variables all the time, too, you know. :-) But they're limited to storing truly global state. So should be session objects. Sigletons are a useful pattern as well; but the same cautions apply.

Just like with globals, singletons, or (in another context) gotos, the problem is not in technique/tool itself, and more in how people commonly use them.

Makeshifts last the longest.