--On Thursday, April 05, 2012 7:38 PM +0000 h.b.furuseth(a)usit.uio.no wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:12:31 GMT, michael(a)stroeder.com wrote:
>> hyc(a)symas.com wrote:
>>> michael(a)stroeder.com wrote:
>>>> 2. add an equality matching rule.
>>>
>>> My approach with config attrs has been to skip the equality rule for
>>> single-valued attrs. Since they are single-valued, there's obviously
>>> no need
>>> to allow for comparing multiple values.
>
> Users always find more ways to use a feature than its creator imagined.
>
> I wish people would give attributes all matching rules they can.
> Equality, ordering, substring. Except when:
> - flexibility would be a misfeature, e.g. SUBSTR for userPassword,
> - or it's unclear which rules to choose, e.g. caseIgnore vs caseExact.
I agree. I think defining matching rules where possible is extremely
useful.
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Sr. Member of Technical Staff
Zimbra, Inc
A Division of VMware, Inc.
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