[asterisk-dev] Variable Inheritance, Setting Channel Variables outside of current context

[Johansson Olle E]

18 maj 2006 kl. 18.06 skrev Rod Dorman:

> On Thursday, May 18, 2006, 11:24:41, Johansson Olle E wrote:
>> 18 maj 2006 kl. 16.41 skrev Peter Beckman:
>>>  ...
>>> I understand inheritance better now; there are child and parent
>>> CHANNELS, and variables set in Channel A (parent) with a leading one
>>> or two underscores will be inherited by Channel B (child) when
>>> Channel A creates Channel B.
>>
>> Please don't use the phrase "parent" or "child" because there's no  
>> such
>> relationship. When one channel creates another channel, we copy some
>> data to the new channel. After that, it's two channels that may
>> become bridged.
>
> But  clearly  there  *is*  a relationship at that point in time  
> when the
> creation  is  taking  place.  I  would  agree  that  parent/child   
> is  a
> misleading  nomenclature  since other uses of it traditionally mean  
> some
> lasting association beyond the instant of creation.

We normally talk about an inbound channel that spawns an outbound  
channel.
That channel inherits data from the inbound channel and settings from  
a peer configuration,
if we have one.


/O