There will be a custom data field available for comments in the next release. As well, there will be a filter attached to comment posting so that you can create a filter plugin to process a comment posting. That should let you add whatever you wish to the comment handling.
The $stored array (actually, the result of the getCommentStored() function)saves data from a comment posting. The standard processing of comments does not use the custom data, so it does not preserve that field.
The field will be present in the array $_zp_current_comment array which is set by the next_comment() loop. However, you will have had to create the comment filter as above to process and save the data in this field.
Let's take this issue here too serious now. A little :-) here and there woud have made it sound much differently. It is common that written texts in emails or forums is easily understood completely differently than intended. Of course, boo, you should have known that...
Hi, ok I apologise for not making it more understandable, this is something I need to work on, I do suffer with mental health issues and what seems clear to me at the time in my mind is not always conveyed in text well.
I had also consumed a fair amount of vodka and thought I was being quite witty at the time.
Not sure what you mean about hostige references tho ?