On 11/26/2012 11:20 AM, Tom Eastep wrote:
>
> What you are proposing above doesn't work in the general case, given the
> current compiler architecture. Currently, variable expansion takes place
> in the preprocessor which has no knowledge of chains, macros, etc. The
> chain isn't known until the input line handed to it by the preprocessor
> is parsed by rule processor.
>
> Within the body of a macro or an action, however, the chain name is
> known. So if we limit the availability of $chain (or whatever we call
> it), to macro and action bodies, would that meet your needs?
>
Or how about a more focused solution whereby the character '@' in a
switch name would be replaced by the chain name?
Example:
NFLOG(1,0,1) net fw ; switch=@_foo
would would be the equivalent of:
NFLOG(1,0,1) net fw ; switch=net2fw_foo
-Tom
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