[asterisk-users] Exec two commands with ExecIf

[John Harragin]

gotoif accomplishes exactly what you want (except the one line part).

On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 3:32 PM Antony Stone <
Antony.Stone at asterisk.open.source.it> wrote:

> On Thursday 23 December 2021 at 18:31:38, asterisk at phreaknet.org wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: asterisk-users <asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com> On
> Behalf
> > > Of Dovid Bender
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:11 PM
> > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-
> > > users at lists.digium.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Exec two commands with ExecIf
> > >
> > > Anyone know why this never made it into Asterisk?
> >
> > I believe it was deemed not to be of interest to the community.
>
> Assuming that the dates in that ticket refer to 2021 (I see only months
> and
> days, not years), I don't recall any discussion taking place with the
> community about it, so that seems to me like a surprising explanation.
>
> After all, if GotoIf(), ExecIf() and While() are "deemed to be of
> interest",
> and therefore exist, why would a simple If() be deemed not to be of
> interest?
>
> And, taking it from the other point of view, even if many people genuinely
> think "meh, I don't think I'd use this", then surely they just avoid using
> it,
> as I suspect the majority of people do with DumpChan() (for example, to
> take a
> pretty obscure, yet still available, command at random).
>
> In short, what's the drawback to making If() available for those who would
> use
> it?
>
> Personally, I would very much like to see an If() statement made available.
>
>
> Antony.
>
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