[wp-hackers] De-emphasize use of ID values in functions?

[Otto]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Jennifer Hodgdon <yahgrp at poplarware.com> wrote:
>  It's been discussed here before too, but may I suggest you add anything
> relevant to http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6315 ? Hacker's List
> discussions don't have much traction, in terms of getting things done in WP.

Yes, if you'll notice, I started that one.

I was hoping to take this discussion in the other direction. If we're
going to eliminate ID's, we need to provide an alternative to
using/needing them.

-Otto