stevekgoodwin;540030 Wrote: > Thanks Greg, that will be great but there's no rush. Nappies and work > are time consuming things. If I get to needing the latest cut I'll let > you know. > > To prevent collisions each SDT extension could ask for a %prefix, > although I'm not sure programmatically is the right approach. If the > allocated prefix was not consistent it would be annoying for users as > one person's config won't be transferable (or even as Slimserver > versions change and the SDT extensions are not updated in sync). Maybe > it's an registration system? > > I could grab (say) %XA[.*] and the next thing could have %XB[.*] and so > on. Which breaks the printf model a bit but shouldn't matter. > > The only caveat with the addMacro thing I'll need is to make sure the > macros are replaced in the order they're added (eg array vs hash) to > make sure %X10 and %X1 don't cause weirdness. > > Thanks! > > Steve. For now to keep things simple I'm allowing a custom plugin to register whatever macro it wants. It'll be up to the plugin developer to ensure that they're not using a duplicate. On my CTA bus tracker plugin that I'm working on I allow the custom plugin user to define the macro name.
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