[Asterisk-Users] AEL #include (Labels and Goto app)

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

Mea culpa. Did not read properly :)

Julian
Michael Collins wrote:
>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+Goto
>>
>> show application goto
>>
>> -= Info about application 'Goto' =-
>>
>> [Synopsis]
>> Jump to a particular priority, extension, or context
>>
>> [Description]
>>    Goto([[context|]extension|]priority): This application will cause
> the
>> calling channel to continue dialplan execution at the specified
> priority.
>> If no specific extension, or extension and context, are specified,
> then
>> this
>> application will jump to the specified priority of the current
> extension.
>>    If the attempt to jump to another location in the dialplan is not
>> successful,
>> then the channel will continue at the next priority of the current
>> extension.
>>
>>
>> Am I being stupid here ?
> 
> Julian,
> 
> Nope, not stupid.  This documentation is adequate if your dialplan uses
> only hard-numbered priorities, which was all you could do before
> Asterisk 1.2 came out.  In Asterisk 1.2+ you can now use unnumbered
> priorities (aka the 'n' priority) and you can assign a label to an 'n'
> priority.  (You can also assign a label to a hard-numbered priority if
> you wish.)  However, the goto documentation is a bit thin on what can
> and cannot be done with the use of labels.  What the goto docs needs is
> an additional entry, something akin to this:
> 
> Goto(label) - jump to a named priority within the current extension
> Goto(context,extension,label) - jump to a named priority in the specific
> context and extension.  
> 
> Some questions arise that aren't specifically answered.  Example: is
> this syntax allowed:
> Goto(extension,label) ??
> 
> Or should the "official" usage of Goto() with labels be this:
> Goto([[context|]extension|]label)  ??  
> 
> So, in this case the confusion (and resulting complaints) stem from the
> fact that none of the "official" documentation covers the use of Goto()
> when trying to jump to a label outside the current extension.  Also, as
> of Asterisk 1.2.7, show application goto doesn't even mention the use of
> labels at all, even though they are specifically supported.
> 
> Hope that sheds light on the discussion!
> 
> -MC
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