[OpenSIPS-Users] RFC: text pre-processing in OpenSIPS cfg file

[Ali Pey]

I also think it would be a great addition to have a simple build-in text
pre-processing. For more advance features people can continue to use m4 as
desired.

Regards,
Ali


On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Nick Altmann <nick.altmann at gmail.com>wrote:

> Against for M4:
> Configuration file may not be generated properly from m4 file(s)
> sometimes (because missed errors in m4), then server cannot start in
> some cases. It's when m4 in init.d script. When cfg-file built from m4
> manually, it's uncomfortable.
>
> In my opinion, opensips is the most powerful sip server, so it should
> have both options. And users should make decision which to better use
> in each case.
>
> --
> Nick
>
>
> 2012/4/10 Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org>:
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
> > OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
> > http://www.opensips-solutions.com
> >
> >
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