1.1 --- a/framework/env/request/handler.lua	Sun Mar 15 01:06:04 2015 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/framework/env/request/handler.lua	Sun Mar 15 01:08:00 2015 +0100
     1.3 @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     1.4  
     1.5  -- TODO: function incomplete yet
     1.6  function request.handler(http_request)
     1.7 +  _G.app = {}  -- may be overwritten or modified by request initializers
     1.8    do
     1.9      local first = not request._in_progress
    1.10      request._in_progress = true  -- NOTE: must be set to true before initializer functions are called
    1.11 @@ -246,3 +247,15 @@
    1.12    end
    1.13  
    1.14  end
    1.15 +
    1.16 +--//--
    1.17 +
    1.18 +--[[--
    1.19 +app  -- table to store an application state
    1.20 +
    1.21 +'app' is a global table for storing any application state data. It will be reset for every request.
    1.22 +--]]--
    1.23 +
    1.24 +-- Initialized in request.handler(...).
    1.25 +
    1.26 +--//--