1 Reopening this for 3.0, to consider adding new functions.
3 I don't want this interface to be too firm; it's ok for a plugin like
4 `ddate` to redefine an internal function like IkiWiki::displaytime if it
5 wants to.. But plugins that still access stuff through IkiWiki:: should be
6 aware that that stuff can change at any time and break them. Possibly without
7 perl's type checking catching the breakage, in some cases. Plugins that
8 only use exported symbols should not be broken by future ikiwiki changes.
10 ## Most often used functions, by number of calls from plugin code
12 27 IkiWiki::possibly_foolish_untaint
14 Not very happy about exporting, it's not ikiwiki-specific,
15 and plugins that need to untaint things should think about it, hard.
17 12 IkiWiki::userinfo_get
18 5 IkiWiki::userinfo_set
20 Used by only 4 plugins, all of which are fairly core, so thinking
23 11 IkiWiki::preprocess
28 The page rendering chain. Note that it's very common to call `preprocess(filter(text))`,
29 or `htmlize(linkify(preprocess(filter(text))))`, while `htmlize(linkify(preprocess(text))`
30 is called less frequently, and it's also not unheard of to leave out a step and do
31 `htmlize(preprocess(text))`. (I haven't checked if any of those cases are bugs.)
33 It would be nice if the api could avoid exposing the details of the render chain,
34 by providing a way to say "I have filtered text, and would like html", or "I have raw
35 text and would like to get it up to the preprocess stage".
37 Another problimatic thing is plugins often define functions named 'preprocess', etc.
43 These go together; linkpage is needed by all link plugins, and the others are used widely.
44 All should be exported. (Done)
49 Still too internal to ever be exported?
53 Only used by 4 plugins, and not in IkiWiki.pm itself, so probably not to be exported.
58 Not ikiwiki-specific, don't export.
62 Very internal, not part of IkiWiki.pm, don't export.
66 Not ikiwiki-specific, but worth exporting to get a consistent localised yes/no parser
70 4 IkiWiki::decode_form_utf8
72 Only used by 3 fairly core plugins, not in IkiWiki.pm, don't export.
75 4 IkiWiki::rcs_prepedit
77 5 IkiWiki::cgi_savesession
80 Not enough use, I think, to export.
82 5 IkiWiki::enable_commit_hook
83 5 IkiWiki::disable_commit_hook
85 Deep internal magic, if exported people will use it wrong, only used by core plugins.
87 4 IkiWiki::check_canedit
89 Probably needs to evolve more and be more widely used before being exported.
91 ## Variables used by plugins but not exported yet
93 * %IkiWiki::pagecase (aggregate)
94 * %IkiWiki::backlinks (pagestats)