[asterisk-dev] dialplan sanity and what to call extensions.conf's format?

Vadim Lebedev vadim at mbdsys.com
Fri Oct 26 08:12:28 CDT 2007


....
> So, if y'all don't mind, I'd like to name the darn format something easy
> to say, and elevate extensions.conf to a language... with a NAME! But
> what would be a good name for this language?  
>
> EDC   (Extensions.Dot.Conf)
> CFD   (Config File Dialplan)
> ADPL  (Asterisk Dialplan Prog. Lang.)
> ANDF  (Asterisk Native Dialplan Format)
> ASDF  (Asterisk Simple Dialplan Format) (a roll of your typing fingers 
>        across the keybd)
> DUNG  (Dialplan Understandable Native lanGuage)
> SPLAT (Simple Programming Language for Asterisk conTrol) (like a bug on
> your
>        windshield: * )
>
> I realize it's kinda late in the game! Books have been published, docs
> are written, and none of it mentions the name of the format, only the
> file. But history is malleable! We can start using a new name now, and
> kinda slide it into literature as time goes by... in the xth edition of
> books, etc.
>
>   
How about

DCF  -  Diaplpan Configuration File
DSF     ...    Specification ..........
ADP   ...   Asterisk Dial Plan


Vadim




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