michael@stroeder.com writes:

But I'd vote for another function which provides a complete set of arguments for sending search requests. So if ldap_search_ext is considered incomplete regarding alias dereferencing I'd vote for introducing ldap_search_ext2 (or whatever name) with an additional argument.

Yes, the missing aliases argument is an API design bug. The API almost but not quite has functions that match the protocol messages.

If we are going to export yet another search function, I'd like to see another feature added as well: A way to pass the BER form of a filter to the search function. And some helpers to build the BER form, and to parse it back into the string form of a filter. Filters are complex enough that it can be a pain to deal with the string form and its quoting at times.

Of course, that one could be a client control too - e.g. combined with passing NULL as the filter...