Re: imap4d PERMANENTFLAGS

[Richard Dawe]

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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