[asterisk-users] How to write a function with a return value in Asterisk

[Ira]

At 10:17 AM 8/8/2007, you wrote:
>Digium has taken the stance that Structured Programming is a Bad Idea?

While it seems that way in hindsight, I'd guess that no thought was 
put into dialplan programming when it was started and by the time 
someone realized it was wrong, the person in charge said, "we can't 
break all the current dialplans", which is essentially what it would 
take to make any real improvement.  They could have done it going to 
1.4, but the longer they wait, the harder it gets. Been there, done 
that. Wrote the letter that said, "oops, I designed this wrong and as 
soon as you install the new version of my library all your reports 
will no longer print correctly."  It sucks, but the sooner you do it, 
the better it is in the end.

Ira