Subj : user.compare_ars() vs. bbs.compare_ars()
To : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 06:57 pm
Re: user.compare_ars() vs. bbs.compare_ars()
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Apr 20 2022 10:05 am
> Hi DM,
>
> The JS documentation (jsobjs.html) says the user object is an instance of
> the User class representing the current user online. I've used
> user.compare_ars() in some of my JS scripts, as it sounded like it would
> apply to the current user running the script. Yesterday I just noticed the
> documentation for user.compare_ars() seems to have been updated, and now it
> says "Note: For the current user o fthe terminal server, use
> bbs.compare_ars() instead." I'm a little unclear on what exactly "the
> current user of the terminal server" means, and how that is different from
> the "current user online", as it says for the user object?
bbs.compare_ars() can take the current terminal server session into account (e.g. terminal capabilties, temp-sysop capabilities), where as user.compare_ars() cannot.
> The documentation for bbs.compare_ars() says it verifies "the current user
> online" meets the Access Requirements String. It says the user object is
> also supposed to be the current user online, correct?
Correct. But the User.compare_ars() method is not identical to the bbs.compare_ars() method, so if your interested in the current terminal server user, it's best to use bbs.compare_ars() instead.
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