[asterisk-dev] RE: [asterisk-users] deprecated - CLI help vs. source code

[Philipp Kempgen]

Bala Neelakantan wrote:

> Usage of LookupBlackList is deprecated.  This means, the usage will work,
> but there is no guarantee that it will work in future.  You might want to
> try using BLACKLIST() instead.

Is this always true? Is the CLI help potentially outdated?
I don't expect the average user to look at the source code
to find out if something is deprecated.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Philipp
> Kempgen
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:07 PM
> To: asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com
> Cc: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] deprecated - CLI help vs. source code
> 
> Could someone with inside knowledge comment on that? If the
> source code says "deprecated" but the CLI help does not mention
> that - whom do I trust?
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Ex-Girlfriend syntax and RealTime Extensions
> From: Philipp Kempgen <philipp.kempgen at amooma.de>
> 
> Thomas Kenyon wrote:
>> Philipp Kempgen wrote:
>>> You might use the Blacklist() application in 1.2 (deprecated!).
>>> Using AstDB is an option:
>>>
>> Is it really deprecated? I use LookupBlacklist (tested as working) in 
>> 1.4, and show application LookupBlacklist doesn't mention it.
> 
> But the source code (app_lookupblacklist.c) has this line:
> ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "LookupBlacklist is deprecated.  Please use
> ${BLACKLIST()} instead.\n");
> 
> So I'm not sure if it's deprecated or not. But this points us
> to a new function: BLACKLIST()
> [...]

Regards,
  Philipp

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