[asterisk-dev] Variable increment/decrement feature [WAS: Re: European Asterisk Developer's Meet-Up: Last Call]

[Nir Simionovich]

As this thread about the INC/DEC functions had become too long, its time it
got its own thread. Please continue the
discussion on this thread.

Regards,
  Nir S

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Nir Simionovich
<nir.simionovich at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hmmm... Tilghman has a valid point here - I didn't think about that one. In
> other words,
> the function should affect the variable on one hand, but also return the
> value of the operation back to Asterisk - for usage with other applications
> and functions.
>
> I think it's the developer's responsibility to decide if he wants to use
> that return value or not.
>
> Nir
>
>   On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Tilghman Lesher <
> tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 29 April 2009 15:22:25 Benny Amorsen wrote:
>> > Tilghman Lesher <tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> writes:
>> > > I think it should be a function, not an application, as its function
>> is
>> > > to change a value, not to do something to the channel.
>> >
>> > There really is nothing to return, and the function would be primarily
>> > called for side effects.
>>
>> exten => _XXX,1,Set(foo=3)
>> exten => _XXX,n,While(${DEC(foo)})
>> exten => _XXX,n,DoSomethingInteresting
>> exten => _XXX,n,EndWhile
>>
>> --
>> Tilghman
>>
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