On 02/08/2013 08:08 PM, Tom Eastep wrote: >> One suggestion on your todo list if/when you have the time: >> >> Suppose I have this: action1 with, say, 2 parameters which in turn calls >> action2 with the same number of parameters. In other words: >> >> action1 >> ~~~~~ >> action2($1,$2) >> >> As things stand, if I execute action1(-,something), the first parameter >> doesn't have a value (and rightly so), but that in effect screws up the >> action2 call. So, what I currently have to do is this: >> >> action1 >> ~~~~~ >> IF $1 >> ?SET p1 $1 >> ?ELSE >> ?SET p1 "-" >> ?ENDIF >> IF $2 >> ?SET p2 $2 >> ?ELSE >> ?SET p2 "-" >> ?ENDIF >> action2($p1,$p2) >> >> The above isn't very nice. Perhaps you may thing of allowing a call like >> "action2(,something) (first parameter is not specified) to avoid this - >> just a suggestion. > > Why don't you simply use the 'DEFAULTS' feature in action2?
Don't mind that. Rather: ?set $p1 $1 ? $1 : '-' ?set $p2 $2 ? $2 : '-' action2( $p1, $p2 ) Still not perfect but simpler than what you suggested. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb
_______________________________________________ Shorewall-devel mailing list Shorewall-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-devel
