[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4023: Add slash:comments to RSS2 feed

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#4023: Add slash:comments to RSS2 feed
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 Reporter:  Otto42                              |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                         |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  low                                 |    Milestone:  2.3      
Component:  Optimization                        |      Version:  2.1.2    
 Severity:  trivial                             |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment (by Otto42):

 The only readers that use the slash namespace are readers that run on the
 desktop, as far as I know. They're often the only ones that display
 comments on an item to the user.

 The slash namespace only has the one possible element, which gives the
 number of comments. It's limited in scope, but still useful information
 for these readers. At least a few of them cannot properly display comments
 from the comments feeds without knowing the number of comments in advance.
 Therefore it's useful to have.

 While it could be in a plugin, it makes more sense in the core. I've been
 using it for a while and every reader I've tried handles it perfectly
 well. It passes through feedburner just fine. There's no real
 compatibility issues with it and modern feedreaders.

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