Item13074: Don't have limit option limit $count format variable

According to the docs for the FORMATLIST macro (in FilterPlugin), the $count variable "refers to the total number of matched list elements". However, if one sets the limit option, $count will be the same the limit value even if the actual count is higher. Sometimes it's useful to know if there were additional matches even if they are not rendered. So it seems like it would be more useful to have the $count formatting variable actually reflect the total number of matched list elements and not be restricted by limit. I'm pretty sure that's the behavior of $count in other macros such as SEARCH and DBQUERY.

-- LynnwoodBrown - 04 Nov 2014

True. I'm going to add a $hits variable in addition to $counts.

• $count: number of elements in the list
• $hits: number of elements being processed after applying filters and pruning

-- MichaelDaum - 09 Sep 2016

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