Re: Deprecating RULES

On 10/17/2012 02:48 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:

> Would you or someone else be able to come up with some words of
> caution for us to put in the manual that would be helpful to
> developers?
>
> There isn't even a list of caveats for rules.

I think we need the inverse. Some documentation on why to use rules and 
this basically boils down to the problem. Can anyone tell me a reason to 
use explicit rules over a trigger and function combination?

And that is the crux of the issue. If we can't identify a reason the 
feature currently exists and we have a suitable and better replacement, 
the feature should be deprecated and removed.

My suggestion for docs is:

Note: Do not use, use Triggers with Functions instead <link>

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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