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summary: Why do we have both getRoomIdForAlias() and resolveRoomAlias()?
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created: 2016-01-16 00:56:28.0
creator: neb
description: Submitted by @irc_Arathorn:openmarket.com
id: '12309'
key: SYJS-39
number: '39'
priority: '3'
project: '10204'
reporter: neb
resolution: '1'
resolutiondate: 2016-10-24 11:24:21.0
status: '5'
type: '1'
updated: 2016-10-24 11:24:21.0
votes: '0'
watches: '2'
workflowId: '12414'
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actions:
- author: kegan
  body: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/issues/251
  created: 2016-10-24 11:24:21.0
  id: '13208'
  issue: '12309'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: kegan
  updated: 2016-10-24 11:24:21.0