Re: [Slashcode-development] ACLs for slashcode

[Brian A. <br...@ta...>]

Chris Nandor wrote:
> Yeah, I was thinking about something very similar at one point, and think
> this is a nice idea.  I wonder, though, if maybe users_param would be a
> better user of this?  So instead of:
I would keep it out of users_param, but use the same schema. 

> Or, alternatively, implement users_acl _as_ a param-style table.  The
> problem, of course, is that we could have dozens of types of permissions,
> and it is easier to just insert a new value than it is to change the schema
> each time you want to add a new one (and this would make it more easily
> extensible via the admin interface, too).  Also, a table with a few dozen
> fields could be slower and more bloated.
The param style table is actually pretty quick for look ups. 

If the schema was modified to resemble a param table and we had patches
for getUser() and setUser() I would probably be all for including it.

It might be nice also to have a seperate table which described param's
currently in use.
	-Brian