I'd like to see some test coverage for the more common case of writing to eg. '.A', both when INPA="" and when INPA="5" (or other non-empty).
Does this change effect all link fields now? (eg. INP for aiRecord)
Also, have you ever seen external record support special() looking for PV_LINK? It looks to me like such cases would instead see DB_LINK or CA_LINK.
My only objection is to rushing it out. lp:1824277 does not seem to effect many users. Let's not break something which does. Maybe we merge this just after 7.0.2.2?
I'd like to see some test coverage for the more common case of writing to eg. '.A', both when INPA="" and when INPA="5" (or other non-empty).
Does this change effect all link fields now? (eg. INP for aiRecord)
Also, have you ever seen external record support special() looking for PV_LINK? It looks to me like such cases would instead see DB_LINK or CA_LINK.
My only objection is to rushing it out. lp:1824277 does not seem to effect many users. Let's not break something which does. Maybe we merge this just after 7.0.2.2?