[asterisk-dev] Better pattern matching

[Jason Parker]

Vasil Kolev wrote:
> В чт, 2007-08-02 в 10:26 -0400, Leif Madsen написа:
>
>   
>> 2) The ability to have an alias or shortcut to say, "use the previous pattern 
>> match", similar to the 'n' priority (or rather, the 's' priority), so I can 
>> write a complex pattern match, BUT only have to write it on the first 
>> priority
>>
>> exten => nancy|jim|james,1,NoOp()
>> exten => p,n,Verbose(1|My current EXTEN is ${EXTEN})
>> exten => p,n,Playback(silence/1&tt-weasels)
>> exten => p,n,Hangup()
>>
>>     
>
> Please rethink this - it would make grep-ing through the files useless,
> and most of the time it's the fastest way to see what goes where
> (especially if you need to go through multiple files).
>   

The 'p' extension would be optional.  You would still be able to do it 
the 'normal' way.

-- 
Jason Parker
Digium