[Asterisk-Dev] DIAL_PRESERVE_CALLERID logic (Dial() option 'o')

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:13, Russell Bryant wrote:
> Thomas Andrews wrote:
> > I can't think of any situation where you would *not* want the 'o'
> > flag.
>
> This is a confusing situation ...
>
> It is important to note that the callerid that is being changed is
> the callerid of the *called* channel, not the *calling* channel.  The
> issue is that there is not a reliable way to know what the callerid
> of the *called* channel should be, aside from a 'hint' in the
> dialplan.
>
> Otherwise, without this new behavior, the *called* channel's callerid
> will be the same as the callerid of the *calling* channel.  This is
> obviously incorrect behavior.
>
> The behavior we have now is surely more accurate than it was before.

Wouldn't this be a tiny bit less confusing if we referred to it as the
CALLEDID and not CALLERID?  Might we make that one letter
change to the variable name?

-- 
Tilghman