Re: ACL, Access Control List, cur_restrictions

On 11 Mar 2005, at 16:10, Brion Vibber wrote:

> Jan Steinman wrote:
> > I've added a field to mw_user that is membership type: an enum with
> > 'non-member', 'supporter', 'member', 'director'. Only the latter two 
> > are
> > allowed to view certain content.
>
> Would you mind sending me a copy of that extension to try poking some
> holes in it?

Not at all -- as soon as I finish implementing it! (blush :-)

It was working, then I thought it would be nice to make it fully 
general, with an arbitrary set for s_mem_type, and an intersecting set 
that could be set in LocalPreferences.php, or even via a nice 
interface. Now it doesn't work any more. :-(

I always think about CVS just after I make that destabilizing change... 
like the mechanic's rule: "Turn 'till it strips, then back off a 
quarter."

:::: ECONOMIST: a person who, upon encountering an auditorium 
containing 40,000 destitute, unemployed people and Bill Gates, says, 
“On average, I see a room full of millionaires!”
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>