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#16 2020-06-26 17:23:13

maverick
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Re: Unlimited lists

Not sure how helpful this is – it is just my take.

I realize that the use of the word limit can be a question (eg – is there a limit) to which we are then provide a precise answer in some way of yes or no (and the subsequent question of what is the limit?).

I think there is an argument to be made, however, that omission of limit equals unlimited and the usage of limit invokes a limit of some sort.

Therefore, to me, the intuitive solution would be it is unlimited by default (omission of limit) and a limit is only imposed when the attribute is employed. The very use of the attribute is the “yes” if you will.

Thus I can save time and coding *(be lazy :-D ) by never needing to add the attribute “limit” when unlimited is desired.

All that said, if we do need to have limited have an unlimited option, I find yes/no to be straight forward. Perhaps something like limit=“y, 100”, or limit=“n”

I freely confess though I’ve no idea how easy or hard this would be to implement, and am naive to all the various use cases.

Last edited by maverick (2020-06-26 17:24:01)

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