[asterisk-users] ael vs conf

[RE Kushner List Account]

David fire wrote:
> hi
> what i should use? ael or conf???

I think it's personal choice at this point, I recently switched 
everything to ael, it's easier to read and follow the flow and less 
typing of redundant stuff. I have found that ael finds more of my fat 
finger mistakes when it compiles in Asterisk, bombing out during ael 
load instead of a call bombing in unexpected ways if you have a syntax 
error in the .conf file.

Redoing extensions.conf into extensions.ael also allowed me to reduce 
the file several hundred lines due to optimization of a file that was 
out of control to begin with. The reduction in size was still achieved 
even though I had to add call queue functionality into the ael file due 
to AgentCallbackLogin being eliminated. This experience taught me I need 
to go back and review everything every few months to keep things from 
getting out of hand.

-Ron