Re: [mv] [tag op=log....

[cfm@maine.com]

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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 10:26:58PM -0700, Barry Treahy wrote:
> ******    message to minivend-users from Barry Treahy <Barry@BSTent.com>     ******
> I can understand parameters being position if they are not named, but named
> parameters should work regardless of the order and there seems to be specific
> problems with the tag log in both 3.14-5 and 4.04.  I was pulling my hair out
> attempting to do page and activity logging and ultimately went to a usertag.  To
> >
> > after changing from MV3 to MV4
> > [tag file="<filename>" op=log interpolate=1]
> > doesn´ work. After answer from Mike to use
> > [tag arg="<filename>" op=log interpolate=1]
> > instead, it works. After updating from MV4.03 to MV4.04,
> > [tag arg="<filename>" op=log interpolate=1]
> > doesn´ work. After rewriting the codes to
> > [tag file="<filename>" op=log interpolate=1]
> > it works. I´ve read the WHATSNEWS! But couldn´t see any hints about
> > this. Any comment?

One would expect that named parameters would not be
positionally dependant; it's my guess that something else
is the culprit.  You'd probably not find that in the README
because it's not intentional or known.

We, OTOH, use many minivend calls directly.  The parameters
to db_array functions changed from mv3 to 4.  I'd not
expect changes to that internal API to be documented either; 
it's **internal**.

Minivend has a long evolutionary history.  Code that evolves
does tend to spaghetti.  Maybe a week or two ago there was
a discussion on /. about it.  My guess is that 4 cleaned up a lot
of that but it is a never ending battle.  One needs a whole
test harness to check that.  We on this list are that test
harness.  ;^)

cfm
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