Thanks for the lesson, I appreciate that. On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Steve Edwards <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, SamyGo wrote: > > NOOP is just for fun no benefit aside from printing something for you >> info on CLI. >> > > It's not fun, it's misleading. Especially if English is not your primary > language. > > The name is not obvious. The Wikipedia entry for 'noop' says a 'no > operation' instruction should be 'nop,' not 'noop.' > > Even the 'help' description is contradictory. It says 'this application > does nothing' and then it describes what it does. > > There's a perfectly obvious application specifically designed for console > output. It's named 'verbose' and it has more features. > > A 'best practice' would be to use the obvious application with the > intended action instead of the obtuse application with the convenient > side-effect. > > A 'noop' does have it's place as a 'place holder' for another application > or to make a syntactically valid place for a label. If that's your intent, > use it. > > Otherwise, 'raise the bar' in your dialplan coding skills and do the right > thing. Type the extra 3 characters and make your intent clear. Isn't that > one of the 'hallmarks' of a skilled programmer? > > -- > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------- > Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > > > -- > ______________________________**______________________________**_________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >
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