Re: Can we remove dynamicdata_userapi_dropdownlist?

[email protected] wrote:
> Methinks it's covered by the objectref property?

The dropdownlist APIs were introduced in several modules in order to 
generate a list of options for the dropdown property, and to allow 
people to easily link various items together in modules/templates.

Initial use case was creating/showing parent-child relationships (or any 
variation) between articles in templates, which soon became parent-child 
relationships between objects in general, etc.

It serves a similar purpose as the getitemtypes and getitemlinks APIs,
but isn't quite as frequently used :-)

So yes, it's a bit redundant with newer properties, but unless there's
a good reason to get rid of it, I don't really see the trouble in just 
leaving it there...

Mike.