Hi,
I'm bringing here a discussion started on devel list, as I would like to
get more opinions on the matter.
The discussion started around the decision if makes sense to have MACRO
substitution (as text pre-processing) directly in OpenSIPS, considering
that right now M4 is heavenly used for this (as additional tool to
opensips).
So, the debate was : have built-in text pre-processing *versus* using M4
as text processor
Pros for M4:
- no effort to develop extra stuff - just install M4
- can do really complex things (more than only macros, ifdef,
include, etc)
- you can use it or not
- easy to integrate with start / stop scripts
Against for M4:
- need to be installed and integrated
- you may have a mismatch for the line number (if errors reported
in cfg) between the .m4 file and .cfg file
Pros for buit-in:
- you do no need to install M4 at all (everything comes packet)
- you may get accurate reporting on errors (for line in cfg)
Against for M4:
- more devel work to re-implement macros, ifdef, etc
Now, I would like to get your opinions on that (you as opensips users),
to see if we stick to using M4 for cfg pre-processing or there is a real
need to have this functionality as built-in.
Thanks and regards,
Bogdan
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Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
http://www.opensips-solutions.com
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