from/to parameters

[KevinBenson]

Nope we did not talk about it, but excellent idea.  I will go ahead and 
change it unless there are any objections.

cheers,
Kevin

Ray Plante wrote:
> Hey Kevin,
>
> I don't want to split hairs on this one, but have we talked about the 
> possibility of changing the "to" parameter (as in, from and to) in the 
> search operations to something like "max" that indicates the maximum 
> number of records to return?  (The server will still be allowed return 
> fewer than this number.)  
>
> One problem I have with from and to is that allows an illegal combination 
> in which "to" is less than "from" which must be explicitly checked by the 
> application.  You don't have this with "from" and "max".  (The WSDL 
> presumably enforces that these are positive.)
>
> Plus I feel that "from"/"max" is a bit more convenient programmatically.  
> For example, a client that pages through results need only change the from 
> parameter.  (Also, count = to - from +1...)
>
> This is not a big deal.
>
> cheers,
> Ray
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