https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16781
--- Comment #2 from Gurch <[email protected]> 2008-12-24 16:00:56 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > I can't really comment on what's too high and what isn't, someone with more > knowledge in the performance field should do that. Something that should be > noted is that the 500/5000 limit in the API applies to each query separately, > and since there are 34 query types in core (extensions like FlaggedRevs and > GlobalBlocking provide even more), even a non-sysop user could get up to > 34*500=17,000 results in one request. True, I hadn't thought of that. I suppose that's a valid argument for keeping the limit down. In practise, of course, there aren't any situations where such a request would provide results of any usefulness :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
