On Wed Feb 27 2013 Ivan Kanis wrote: > I find the documentation of the variable confusing. What's a > Xfield?
We had this discussion a little while ago on this list. "Extra" (user-defined) fields were generally called "notes" fields. Each of these fields has a key to identify and distinguish this field from other user-defined fields. And the most common user-defined field used the key "notes". So "notes" refered both to all user-defined fields, and to the particular field with key "notes" -- very confusing. Doc strings talked about things like the "notes field mail-alias". Similarly, BBDB internals had confusing names because it was note clear whether they refered to all extra fields or to the extra field with key "notes". Now all these "extra" fields are subsumed under the generic name xfields. This makes the lingo in docstrings much clearer. Beyond this, the change in lingo should be invisible to most users. (The names of BBDB internals were changed, too. But anyway, users should better use bbdb-record-set-field and bbdb-record-field for their own code.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
