> *) I am not completely understanding what you want
> with the SNMP_VALUE_METHODPLAIN. Is this the BER encoded
> value?? If so that is a not wanted feature, IMHO.
Nope. It will return the value as a plain string, very much like it's
done with SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_LIBRARY set. However it will ALWAYS return the
virgin plain value. When SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_LIBRARY is set, the
net-snmp library function snprint_value() will be used. And this function
will very often transform the value: Timeticks (which is an integer value)
will be transformed to days.hours:minutes:seconds, OIDs will be shortened,
etc. You can turn of much of this behaviour with netsnmp_ds_set_boolean()
and netsnmp_ds_set_int(). However you cannot turn off everything, e.g. all
string values will be put between quotes, if there is no MIB file which
explicitely defines the OID value as a string!
> *) I am not completely sure why or what you want to achieve
> by the 'REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANTS' where all the names have an
> 'ASN_' prefix?? The prefix does not make sense to a PHP-programmer,
> he should not need to know that level, I believe. OK, he must know
> whether it is a counter63, integer32 or integer32, that is
> different.
>
> Do I understand it correctly, that you want to be able to use
> the constant 'ASN_COUNTER' in the PHP langaue, for instance??
Yes. I want to know if the value is a string (ASN_OCTET_STR), a counter
(ASN_COUNTER) or whatever. As these are netsnmp internal constants, I need
to pass them trough to the PHP script to actually use them. Otherwise the
type property of the returned objects (when SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_OBJECT is
set) makes no sense. If you wish, I will remove the ASN_* constants, but
then I probably should remove the SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_OBJECT stuff, too.
> *) The value for the snmp_[get|set]_value_method I would think
> of a string. I beleive this is more user/PHP programmer friendly.
>
> I understand that the other that are boolean accept also an int,
> but those are boolean
If you wish I will change the parameter types to strings. But this results
in some strcmp() overhead and imho there is no advantage in passing
strings ("SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_PLAIN", i.e. quotes) over passing a constant
(SNMP_VALUEMETHOD_PLAIN, i.e. no quotes). And even worse, this would be in
contrast to some other PHP behaviour. E.g. mysql_fetch_array() accepts a
second argument of type integer, which - following the manual - should one
of the constants MYSQL_ASSOC, MYSQL_NUM or MYSQL_BOTH.
BTW: I'm not sure if the "valuemethod" word in some functions/constants is
good English. If somebody has a better idea, please let me know.
Cheers, Jonny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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