[development] Let's kill $user->data

[Greg Knaddison - GVS]

On 11/22/06, Chris Johnson <cxjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> As much as I prefer to avoid serialized data when possible, there are cases
> where it makes sense.  What is the general purpose of this move?  What are
> the repercussions for modules which use this column in D6?  Does core use
> this column?

Core profile module uses this column to store fields that are admin
only.  This can lead to database inconsistency if you have a field
pulic for a while, then change it to admin only - the data stored when
it was public is in one table and the rest is in $user->data.

I don't know why that is the case, but it is.  Presumably this would
get changed somehwere along the way with Karoly's proposal.  That
makes more sense to me.

Greg