On Dec 11, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
On 11/12/15 14:33, Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:
People abuse policies now, using Tmp attributes as arguments and to hold return values has a far greater potential for confusion.
Yep. I use Tmp-* attributes a lot in policies. I don't consider it abuse really; it's what we've got.
Yeah... simpler would be better. But I'm wary of extending things *too* much.
By refusing to add proper functions, we're increasing real world abuse and confusion.
I understand the reasoning behind unlang being limited. Implementing yet-another fullblown language is not a great way to spend resources.
I would probably make more use of the embedded languages for complex policies, but none of the options suit me; perl is, well, perl. Python although I love it, is a very poor choice for use in threaded environments.
Unlang is "good enough" but is sometimes messy. A few tweaks to avoid some of the more onerous set/unset of Tmp/control: variables would probably obviate any desire to move outside the server core for me
I agree. I'll see if I can come up with something sane. And easy to implement. Alan DeKok.