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summary: /messages filter param should reflect that it takes a filter component, not a filter collection
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created: 2016-09-07 21:36:21.0
creator: neb
description: |-
  Submitted by @matthew:matrix.org
  also, it needs to be specced.
id: '12823'
key: SPEC-451
number: '451'
priority: '4'
project: '10001'
reporter: neb
status: '1'
type: '1'
updated: 2016-10-28 16:28:45.0
votes: '0'
watches: '3'
workflowId: '12923'
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actions:
- author: matthew
  body: Superficially /messages and /sync both take filter params.  Except /sync is a 'filter collection' (which may be either an ID or a blob of JSON, and is also known as a 'filter'), whereas /messages takes a 'filter component' as a blob of JSON (sometimes called a 'filter').  At the very least, the params should be named differently, and the whole naming convention should be untangled.
  created: 2016-09-07 21:47:01.0
  id: '13116'
  issue: '12823'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: matthew
  updated: 2016-09-07 21:47:01.0
- author: richvdh
  body: 'Migrated to github: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/706'
  created: 2016-10-28 16:28:45.0
  id: '13515'
  issue: '12823'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-10-28 16:28:45.0