Daniel and Alex, Thank you both for the prompt and enlightening responses :)
Happy new year! ~Noah > On Jan 9, 2023, at 4:15 AM, Daniel-Constantin Mierla <mico...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > indeed, as Alex said, it is just a stylistic choice, the main purpose > would be to use a character that is not allowed in variable names to > mark the end of the variable (to avoid the use of ( ) to surround the > name of the variable). Anyhow, it is not needed to use any static string > as part of the key, can be only a variable, like $sht(x=>$ru); or can be > only a static string, like $sht(x=>abc); or many variables and static > strings: $sht(x=>$si::$rU::count). The :: is not seen as a special > delimiter or anything similar, is pure static string from htable key > point of view. > > The choice of :: has probably relation with its usage in other languages > like C++ to refer to (static) fields/methods. For me is also more > friendly from human reading point of view, quite (white-)spacious, > allowing to spot quickly the tokens composing the key. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > On 09.01.23 01:45, Alex Balashov wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is an arbitrary stylistic choice that is just consistently followed in >> the documentation examples, likely because it was written by the same >> person, or imitated by others. The colons are not required. >> >> -- Alex >> >>> On Jan 8, 2023, at 1:57 PM, Noah Mehl <noahm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> Whenever I read documentation for htable usage, and other examples of other >>> scripts in Kamailio, htable keys are typically named: >>> >>> something::something >>> >>> Examples are: $au::auth_count, $ci::srcip, join::$rU >>> >>> Why are there two colons (as opposed to a | )? Is this just a standard >>> semantic thing in Kamailio? Is there something about that double character >>> that’s unusual and easy to parse with SIP values? Or is it just what >>> people do, and that’s a good choice to continue for all other Kamailio >>> script writers to have understanding? >>> >>> Any insight would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> ~Noah >>> __________________________________________________________ >>> Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions >>> To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org >>> Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to >>> the sender! >>> Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe: >> -- >> Alex Balashov >> Principal Consultant >> Evariste Systems LLC >> Web: https://evaristesys.com >> Tel: +1-706-510-6800 >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions >> To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org >> Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to the >> sender! >> Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe: > > -- > Daniel-Constantin Mierla -- www.asipto.com > www.twitter.com/miconda -- www.linkedin.com/in/miconda > Kamailio World Conference - June 5-7, 2023 - www.kamailioworld.com > > __________________________________________________________ > Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions > To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org > Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to the > sender! > Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe: __________________________________________________________ Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to the sender! Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe:
