John, In IRC, I see frequently ACL questions, of all kind. That part needs to be improved, in my opinion.
Thanks, mbavio On Jun 25, 11:36 am, leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some parts of the manual are just wrong - the code examples for ACL > for example. Others don't seem to go far enough - I still can't work > out how to use a plugin. > But everybody has talked about the manual and the important thing is > that there is one. > > I would like to see more verbose release notes, including reasons for > deprecation of code. I still can't see any sense in making find's > parameters so amorphous in order to eliminate a function (findAll): > > * If no fields are specified, then 'id' is used for key and > 'model->displayField' is used for value. > > * If a single field is specified, 'id' is used for key and > specified field is used for value. > * If three fields are specified, they are used (in order) for key, > value and group. > * Otherwise, first and second fields are used for key and value. > > This is just confusing. I don't want to read the API every time I use > this function - I'm now over forty and the goat's cheese to grey > matter ratio errs in favour of the cheese. I have trouble remembering > the names of my children. I guess most people will just end up writing > their own utility findAll. > > Okay, I'm now, apparently, way off topic, but you did ask:" What is > the most confusing? What's most needed and > missing?". > > In summary, accurate official (not bakery) examples of usage and loads > of them. > Release notes that tell us what we need to know, not that"...trac 4391 > was changed from bug to embellishment..." > I guess the ultimate would be a PHP style chm function reference, not > that I'm a fan of chm. > > > > How are we doing? What is the most confusing? What's most needed and > > > missing? I have a punchlist of my own, but I'm looking for input from > > > you guys, especially the new ones. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
