Well, a macro is the closest thing the dial plan has to a subroutine, and without that, we might as well be programming in Assembler (no subroutines, local variables, lots of goto's... sound familiar?).
Doug. ----- Original Message ---- From: Tilghman Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:20:40 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk as an IVR solution On Friday 11 July 2008 01:28:34 Douglas Garstang wrote: > Well I can tell you that it makes a difficult programming environment, just > a little more difficult. It means I can't implement a menu as a single > reusable piece of code inside a macro. That's the point. A Macro is NOT a subroutine. It's like saying that you can't effectively hammer a nail with a screwdriver, and therefore you think the screwdriver has a known problem. There's nothing wrong with the screwdriver; it simply is the wrong tool for the job. -- Tilghman _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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