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Re: imap4d PERMANENTFLAGS
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Richard Dawe |
Subject: |
Re: imap4d PERMANENTFLAGS |
Date: |
Wed, 30 May 2001 21:54:52 +0100 |
Hello.
Alain Magloire wrote:
> BTW. I've talk to some doc people here and
>
> mailbox_is_updated ()
>
> is not lexical correct, it's a "Colloquialism".
> I have no idea what it means, but they suggested
> mailbox_is_modified ();
You update a thing. Then that thing is up-to-date. So it should probably
be:
mailbox_is_uptodate()
or:
mailbox_is_up_to_date()
which is a bit ugly. :(
Or should it be:
mailbox_has_been_updated()
since updated is the past participle of "update". That is why
"...is_updated()" is colloquial - it's mixing present & past tenses.
Presumably mailbox_is_updated() tells you whether you've saved the mailbox
to disk or not?
> I'll do the change for that one in the new API only.
>
> Is attribute_update () a "Colloquialism" ?
> maybe its better to use _save_, like
> attribute_save ();
> ?
IMHO 'save' is probably clearer in general.
> Pff, and people complained that french is complex!!!
I guess the English stole the complexity as well as lots of words from
other languages. ;)
Bye, Rich =]
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Richard Dawe
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