[asterisk-users] Codec choice

[Sherwood McGowan]

Steve,

Good point my man...You drinking yet? LOL...I had forgotten about the
GROUP and GROUP_COUNT functions, that is a much better way (in that it
already existed and doesn't require me to write more code :] )

Slainte!

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Steve Edwards
<asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Sherwood McGowan wrote:
>
>> 1. Set up a Global Variable that will store that kit's current number of calls
>> 2. Check that variable when a call starts (but before you dial out)
>> 3. If the number of calls is <49 (since the current call will make
>> 50), use codec A via the CHANNEL() function, otherwise use codec B
>> using the same function.
>> 4. Increment the variable
>> 5. place call
>> 6., upon hangup, decrement the variable
>
> Not really paying close attention to what you're trying to do, but...
>
> The GROUP() and GROUP_COUNT() functions automagically take care of the
> increment and decrement cruft in a "race condition free" sort of way.
>
> Both methods still leave a small "window of opportunity" in comparing the
> count with the threshold.
>
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