Tickets :: Comment on [#12442] Show available task lists in "Quick Add" window

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Comment	>>>> Option 1 involves possibly breaking backward compatibility and is >>>> therefore dangerous, >>> >>> why? >> >> The Nag::createTasksFromText() method takes a $tasklist argument. The >> documentation for that method states: >> >>> @param string $tasklist The tasklist into which the task will be >>> imported. If 'null', the user's default tasklist will be used. >> >> I'm not familiar with the usage of this method outside of the Quick >> Add list, so it may be completely safe. Perhaps the next question, >> then, is how should the API be changed to support the new feature >> while still allowing the old behaviour? To follow up, is there any >> situation in which a tasklist specified in the text should not >> override the $tasklist param, or vice-versa? > > It's an internal Nag method, so all usages of that method can be > easily covered if necessary. That being said, there is no need to > change the signature at all. Either a tasklist can be parsed from the > text, then it's being used, otherwise it falls back to the current > behavior. > >> I'd personally tend toward adding a boolean argument indicating if >> the task list should be forced to the non-null value passed as the >> $tasklist param, or if the text can specify a task list. If someone >> more familiar with the codebase can confirm that the Quick Add form >> is the only place where this method is used, that would not be a >> necessary addition. >
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