Re: Danger of [newcart]

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 25396
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texte = >I know that [newcart] is an obsolete tag provided for backwards >compatibility (per the docs) but what is the danger of using it? Is it >going to be omitted in future versions?It has been deprecated so it will not be in future versions. You desire for a new feature that lets you reassign a cart value on the fly is in the last of new features, though. The danger would be in using it with the hopes that it will stay there forever, or that its semantics will always remain the same.Grant Hulbert , Director of R & D ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | Formerly, Pacific Coast Software 16855 West Bernardo Drive | ------------------------- Suite 380 | eCommerce (WebCatalog) San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development 858.675.1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com 858.675.0372 (fax) **********************************############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Danger of [newcart] (Grant Hulbert 1999)
  2. Danger of [newcart] (Marty Schmid 1999)
>I know that [newcart] is an obsolete tag provided for backwards >compatibility (per the docs) but what is the danger of using it? Is it >going to be omitted in future versions?It has been deprecated so it will not be in future versions. You desire for a new feature that lets you reassign a cart value on the fly is in the last of new features, though. The danger would be in using it with the hopes that it will stay there forever, or that its semantics will always remain the same.Grant Hulbert , Director of R & D ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | Formerly, Pacific Coast Software 16855 West Bernardo Drive | ------------------------- Suite 380 | eCommerce (WebCatalog) San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development 858.675.1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com 858.675.0372 (fax) **********************************############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Grant Hulbert

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