[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: imp/lib Message.php

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

|   Btw, why is this method in IMP_Message:: and not in IMP_Folder::,
|   given that it operations on entire mailboxes?

I distinguish the two by what they are dealing with - Folder is dealing 
with the actual folder/mailbox (e.g. renaming the folder, subscribing to 
the folder) while Message is dealing with the messages inside that 
folder/mailbox.  emptyMailbox() is just deleting a list of messages - it is 
not actually doing anything to the folder per se.

A second justification - emptyMailbox() uses IMP_Message::delete() so it 
makes more sense to keep the code "closer" to delete.  This is a dumb, 
ethereal argument but I'm in law school so the more 
arguments/justifications we can come up with, with any shred of 
credibility, the better :)

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu]
The University of Colorado at Boulder