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

[Otto]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Jeremy Clarke
<jer-wphackers at simianuprising.com> wrote:
>  +1 for the same reasons (translations etc). I think there are also
>  ways to show the id that aren't as cumbersome as giving them a whole
>  table column but make them available for the rare cases when they are
>  needed.

Those cases are not particularly rare. Anybody making a website that's
anything more than "My personal blog" will need IDs at some point,
currently.