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  15     <B>Andrew Church</B>
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  19     <I>Tue May 15 13:26:00 PDT 2001</I>
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  34 <PRE>     As a follow-up to my original message, since it seems some people do
  35 use this feature:  If you currently use multiple levels of linked nicks,
  36 would you have any objections to moving to a single-level system?  If so,
  37 what?
  38
  39   --Andrew Church
  40     <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>
  41     <A HREF="http://achurch.org/">http://achurch.org/</A>
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  43 &gt;<i>-----Original Message-----
  44 </I>&gt;<i>From: <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices-admin at ircservices.za.net</A>
  45 </I>&gt;<i>[mailto:<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices-admin at ircservices.za.net</A>]On Behalf Of Andrew Church
  46 </I>&gt;<i>Sent: 14 mai, 2001 21:05
  47 </I>&gt;<i>To: <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices at ircservices.za.net</A>
  48 </I>&gt;<i>Subject: [IRCServices] Does anyone use nested nick links?
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  51 </I>&gt;<i>     As the subject says, I'd like to know if anyone finds the nested
  52 </I>&gt;<i>link system in Services useful, or if it's unnecessary.  I originally
  53 </I>&gt;<i>modeled the system after symbolic links on Unix (and other) filesystems,
  54 </I>&gt;<i>but as this makes for added complexity and has in fact led to a number
  55 </I>&gt;<i>of bugs in the past as well as administrative difficulties.  So if
  56 </I>&gt;<i>there's no need for having multiple levels of nicks, I'm planning to
  57 </I>&gt;<i>just remove that capability in version 5 and limit links to a single
  58 </I>&gt;<i>level.
  59 </I>&gt;<i>
  60 </I>&gt;<i>     Note that the only case in which this makes a visible difference is
  61 </I>&gt;<i>the following:
  62 </I>&gt;<i>    * Register NickA
  63 </I>&gt;<i>    * Register NickB
  64 </I>&gt;<i>    * Link NickB to NickA
  65 </I>&gt;<i>    * Register NickC
  66 </I>&gt;<i>    * Link NickC to NickB
  67 </I>&gt;<i>    * Unlink NickB from NickA
  68 </I>&gt;<i>    * Change a setting on NickB
  69 </I>&gt;<i>In the nested (current) system, NickC would use the new setting for
  70 </I>&gt;<i>NickB set in the last step, while in a flat system, NickC would retain
  71 </I>&gt;<i>the original settings associated with nick A.  I can see potential cases
  72 </I>&gt;<i>where this functionality can be useful, but if no one is actually using
  73 </I>&gt;<i>links that way, then there's no real need to retain the functionality.
  74 </I>&gt;<i>
  75 </I>&gt;<i>     So, opinions, please: do you need nested links?
  76 </I>&gt;<i>
  77 </I>&gt;<i>  --Andrew Church
  78 </I>&gt;<i>    <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>
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