PHP 4.0 Bug #4669: Need a session_end() ??

From: daniel.braun@ercom.fr Operating system: Solaris 2.6 PHP version: 4.0 Release Candidate 1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Need a session_end() ?? May be I missed something, but 1/ session_start() will flock() the session file 2/ there is no way to unlock the file, except session_destroy(), but session_destroy() will unlink the session file (therefore session cannot be reused). My need is : user opens 2 web pages (both multipart/mixed, i.e. the scripts never end), none of them are changing the session variables, but both of them need their value. I therefore need a session_end() that does exactly the same job as session_destroy() except it does not call PS(mod)->destroy. (changes are in session.c and php_session.h)