Another black hole

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(12-21-2015 01:23 PM)walter b Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 07:07 PM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  I concur that this is a glitch in the MyBB software.

Let's help the SW guys. KISS. Assume each post contains a pointer pointing to the post it responds to.

• If <New Reply> is chosen, the new post will point to post #1.
• If <Quote> is chosen, the new post will point to the quoted post.
  

On the heap, all posts are simply sorted following their time of publication (ToP) - the pointer information is not used at all. In threaded mode, however, each post is filed behind the one it points to, and only the posts pointing to the same will be sorted following their ToP. Now, for sake of simplicity, assume 4 posts: #1 is the head of the thread, #2 responds to #1, and #3 and #4 respond to #2. What shall be done now if, for any reason whatsoever, post #2 will be deleted? Quite easy: before physically erasing #2, its pointer must be copied to all its descendants, so #3 and #4 contain pointers to #1 then; thereafter #2 may be erased and no structural information will vanish. Hope this model is simple enough and not too simple. Thanks in advance for implementing. Good grieve!

d:-I

Walter,

Just curious as to who you are thanking "in advance for implementing". Is this Dave? Or the developers of MyBB?

Wouldn't it be better for you to post your suggested changes to the MyBB software to the MyBB site? I really doubt if the software developers of MyBB are reading this forum looking for suggested changes to their forum software. MyBB site is:

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Bill
Smithville, NJ