[asterisk-users] What replaces Macro() now? And how do you do the equivalent?

[Philip Prindeville]

I've been working on getting the sample configuration of extensions.conf 
to be more usable, i.e. to make the examples be more flexible or cover 
more territory...  I thought it might be handy to show people how to use 
more contexts for virtual hosting, for example.

Problem is I was using the existing stdexten macro from 1.2.  See:

http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11969

If Macro()/MacroExit() is deprecated, how does one go about achieving 
the same functionality with Gosub()/Return()?

Not having named parameters is a bit of a hassle.

I was thinking about setting up variables, and using a template, but 
that's clumsy also.

So... if we're giving up Macro(), what functionality do we get instead?

Thanks,

-Philip