On 2003.07.21, Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 11:31 AM, Dossy wrote: > >I'm still unsure what benefit there is in changing the current > >semantics of [ns_conn peeraddr] ... > > Because then people with an extensive codebase don't have to go and > change it all to get the new functionality, they just have to flip the > switch in the config file and everything just works. People that don't > want the functionality or don't care don't see any changes in the > existing funtionality.
$ perl -pi -e 's/\[ns_conn peeraddr\]/[ns_conn clientaddr]/g' *.tcl *.adp Those who want the new functionality in their existing codebase get a one-liner and however many minutes it takes to run it across their entire codebase. Those who don't want it, don't have to do a thing. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
