Good point Eranga about why even the latest 3GPP specs have MACROS. If anybody in this list has some influence (I sure there would be some), on 3GPP working groups, then kindly highlight this problem in the appropriate forum.
regards, bdutta. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Casper > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:52 AM > To: 'Vance Shipley'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ASN1] RE: ASN compiler > > > Hi Vance, > > Thanks a lot for your information and advice. I will get a > new set of ASN.1 files without MACROS. > > BTW, if MACROS is deprecated I wonder why even the newest > 3GPP specs use them. Even the "3GPP TS 09.02 V7.15.0 > (2004-03)" has macros. This is for the 3GPP and ASN.1 > consortium's attention. > > Thanks! > Eranga > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vance Shipley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:42 AM > To: Casper > Subject: Re: ASN compiler > > Casper, > > As has been pointed out to you the Erlang/OTP asn1 compiler > does not support MACROs. You are working from older specifications > which contain these MACROs. I have been working from ETSI TS > 129 002 V5.6.2 (2003-07) and those files use Information > Objects, the modern version of MACROs. That specification is > the UMTS Release 5 version of MAP. I checked though and the > most recent version of the GSM MAP specification from the > Release 1998 series is v7.15.0. That version has Information > Objects instead of MACROs; ETSI TS 100 974 V7.15.0 (2004-03). > > So first off you need to get some ASN.1 which your compiler > can grok (i.e. no MACROs). > > -Vance > > Vance Shipley > Motivity Telecom Inc. > +1 519 240 3684 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > ASN1 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1 > > _______________________________________________ ASN1 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1
