23624 - fix getFoldersWithFlags to return an array of nsIMsgFolders

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 436051

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

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alecf has pointed out that are still problems nsIMsgFolder::getFoldersWithFlag.

The problem is, from JS is if your call to getFoldersWithFlag find more than one
folder, you can't get at them.  (you can only get the first one.)

the solution will be to return an array of nsIMsgFolders, which I believe we can
do now, thanks to jband's efforts.

Comment 1

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moving to m17.

this is nice and correct, but not immediately and I got a billion bugs to fix
before I get to this.

if someone needs it before then, let me know, or you can take the bug.

Comment 2

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accepting, but if someone else wants to fix it, I won't stop them.

Comment 3

[scottputterman]

moving to future milestone.  If it turns out this is necessary to fix some other
bug then we can fix this as part of that bug.

Comment 4

[Thomas]

Was the problem with nsIMsgFolders only observed on Linux?
Is it still there with more recent versions? (Mozilla 1.x)?

Comment 5

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sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.

Comment 6

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

I'm duping this forward to bug 436051 because there is various work going on there that will fix this issue (and I filed it before finding this one).