[wp-hackers] what's the purpose of user_status field in wp_users table?

[dave jaggy]

"vestigial organ" :) user_status field could be very useful in some cases.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:40 AM, dave jaggy <jayarjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I wonder what's the purpose of user_status field in wp_users table? Is
>> it used somewhere?
>
> "user_status" is not used in core WordPress.  It is a vestigial organ.
>
> However, are you sure you can't just use the WordPress usermeta API?
> It's probably better for forwards-compatibility.
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