rcstop - bug or feature? - Mediawiki-api

11 Oct 2007

Hi,

I want to see rc from 2007-10-09 23:59:59 back to 23:59:00 on  
pl.wikipedia:

http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/api.php? 
action=query&list=recentchanges&rcstart=20071009235959&rcstop=2007100923 
5900&rcprop=timestamp

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
   <query-continue>
     <recentchanges rcstart="2007-10-09T23:57:33Z" />
   </query-continue>
   <query>
     <recentchanges>
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:59:52Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:59:45Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:52Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:44Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:37Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:32Z" />
       <rc type="1" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:29Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:15Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:58:13Z" />
       <rc type="0" timestamp="2007-10-09T23:57:49Z" />
     </recentchanges>
   </query>
</api>

Why this list does not stop at rcstop?
Why there is <query-continue/> with rcstart earlier ("smaller") than  
rcstop?

(Minor question: why <rc/> has got type property even when I've asked  
only for a timestamp? I like very much default properties with no  
rcprop and only what I ask for if rcprop is present. Showing type no  
matter what looks like a bug.)

przem.