I'm STILL waiting on an answer to my exact same question. That was around 3 weeks ago
->-----Original Message----- ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ->John Biundo ->Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:13 PM ->To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com ->Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Extension Language -- ->what's it's"status"? -> ->I've been playing with ael a little bit and wondering how ->much time to devote to it. Originally, when I read about it, ->I thought I'd try to convert my extensions.conf files to ael. -> But after playing a little bit, I'm not sure that's a good idea. -> ->A couple of observations and questions: ->1. As far as I can tell, there's limited interoperability ->between existing (extensions.conf) and new (extensions.ael) ->constructs. For example, and please correct me if I'm wrong, ->but I don't believe there's a way to access an ael macro from ->an extensions.conf dial plan. -> ->To me, this seems to make dabbling with ael harder, since I ->can't just incrementally add some stuff in ael and use it in ->my dial plan. -> ->2. I can't see a way to organize my ael dial plan using #include's. ->Again, for me, this makes experimentation harder since, ->especially in conjunction with the first point, I effectively ->have to maintain my entire old conglomerate dial plan in one ->gigantic ael file. Again, please correct me if I'm missing something. -> ->All in all, for me, these two points have discouraged me from ->doing more than dabbling with ael. I assume the point of ->including it in 1.2 is to get people to try to use it in a ->serious "beta test" manner. I wonder if support for these ->kind of capabilities is planned? -> ->I really would like to use ael as it seems to have some clear ->advantages over the existing "language", but I'm reluctant to ->be too far out on the bleeding edge without a little more ->insight into where this feature is headed. -> ->Thanks for any input. -> ->Oh, and this is my first post here, so forgive me if I put ->this in the wrong place. Does this belong on the developers list? ->_______________________________________________ ->--Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- -> ->Asterisk-Users mailing list ->Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com ->http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ->To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: -> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -> _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users