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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-43951

Shell Help Collection Examples Inconsistent

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Icon: Trivial - P5 Trivial - P5
    • 4.3.4
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    • Fully Compatible
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    • Security 2019-11-18, Security 2019-12-02, Security 2020-02-10

    Description

      When you type "help" in the Mongo shell, a list of potential help methods gets printed out. In this list, we refer to collections by an arbitrary collection name. This collection name is inconsistent throughout the help menu and therefor introduces unnecessary confusion.

      We refer to collections as both "mycoll" (in "db.mycoll.help()") and "foo" (in "db.foo.find()" and "db.foo.find(

      { a : 1 }

      )").

      I suggest we standardize on either "mycoll" or an unknown third option ("foo" is not very readable).

      I have opened a PR standardizing on "mycoll": https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/pull/1330

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            mark.benvenuto@mongodb.com Mark Benvenuto
            michael.doliner@mongodb.com Michael Doliner (Inactive)
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