[asterisk-dev] Question about ast_async_goto()

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 09:50, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> This should be handled by ast_do_masquerade(). However, if nothing is
> reading from that channel, then the pending hangup will never get
> processed. It's not clear exactly why this isn't working in your
> application, though.

I've always wondered when/how to use ast_do_masquerade() -- what exactly is 
channel masquerading, when is it to be used, when is it not to be used?  It 
seems to be black magic.

I understand that do_masquerade "sucks" the info about one channel into 
another, but why is this necessary?

-A.