Re: [PATCH] mgmt_get_vars hook

[Greg Stein]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 08:14:20PM -0700, Harrie Hazewinkel wrote:
>...
> If I under stand the implication of a RUNALL it will run all functions
> registered in the HOOK.

yes.

>...
> Would a simple mechanism as a optional function not be better.
> The module that has management data to provide registers this
> function in a generic form and function registration
> dedicated for the management data.

An optional function doesn't give a mgmt module a way to collect data from
10 different areas of the server. The hook *does*

And in a sense, the hook system *is* registering a function. A module wants
to provide data, so it registers with the hook.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/