Re: "id" account param and property

Xavier Claessens wrote:
> On jeu, 2007-01-11 at 18:59 +0000, Martyn Russell wrote:
>> 4. If we have an "id" property, are there any protocols that need to use
>> an "id" parameter? In fact, if the "id" property is the thing that
>> uniquely identifies the account, then really we should keep the "id"
>> property and not need the "id" parameter (which I know is back tracking
>> from what I may have said in the bug report, but that is what seems
>> logically to me, unless you can show me that we need an "id" parameter).
> 
> If we only have a "id" property that is unique, how will we give to IRC
> the nickname the user want when connecting ? the IRC CM wants that info
> in the "account" parameter, and a nickname is not unique... So we need
> both !

I assumed that the IRC account would have "nickname" and "name" to use
for that instead of "account".

Thanks, I think we can stick with your patch then to be honest. It isn't
like we are setting it in stone, and it seems reasonable enough to me.

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Regards,
Martyn