testing new_record? and converting to an attribute

activerecord/lib/active_record/session_store.rb

@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ def drop_table!
         end
       end
 
-      attr_reader :session_id
+      attr_reader :session_id, :new_record
+      alias :new_record? :new_record
+
       attr_writer :data
 
       # Look for normal and marshaled data, self.find_by_session_id's way of
@@ -244,10 +246,6 @@ def initialize(attributes)
         @new_record     = @marshaled_data.nil?
       end
 
-      def new_record?
-        @new_record
-      end
-
       # Lazy-unmarshal session state.
       def data
         unless @data

activerecord/test/cases/session_store/sql_bypass.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ def test_create_table
         SqlBypass.drop_table!
         assert !Session.table_exists?
       end
+
+      def test_new_record?
+        s = SqlBypass.new :data => 'foo', :session_id => 10
+        assert s.new_record?, 'this is a new record!'
+      end
     end
   end
 end