----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)" <r...@linux-delhi.org> > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:49:30 AM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Case-sensitivity of Dialplan variables. >
<snip> > So here's the proposal: make case-insensitivity a configuration > option > for one or two releases. Document the option (both externally and in > the configuration file) with large warnings about how switching it on > is > DEPRECATED and how it will VANISH IN A FUTURE RELEASE. > > That will suit the people who do not wish to conform (they will not > upgrade), the people who want to conform but need time (will have a > few > months to fix and test while still being able to use the latest > Asterisk > features) and the people who are already conformant (don't need to do > anything). > > In short, my vote goes for case-sensitivity with a grace period for > switching over. From Mark's original e-mail: "Some of you might be eager to propose a configuration option to decide which it should be. I'm sick of having hundreds of options in Asterisk to slightly tweak the behavior one way or another. This needs to go one way or the other, not be configurable." I can't overstate how much I agree with this. A configuration option to 'tweak' the behavior in pbx.c is much more likely to introduce problems than solve them. If a clear consensus cannot be reached, I'd err on the side of doing nothing than put in yet another configuration option. -- Matthew Jordan Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
