Michael> In a reply, "Re: Command to get integer ranges?"
Michael> posted 12Sept96, J. Schoenwaelder stated that he could
Michael> provide patches to the current MIB parser to handle
Michael> ranges, however, in a reply "Re: how to extract exact
Michael> syntax from MIB variable ?" posted 1Jul97, he
Michael> indicated that there were no plans to add this
Michael> enhancement in scotty 2.2.x.
Here is the text from my posting back in September 96:
> They should be accessible. A few weeks ago I decided not to add new
> features to the current MIB parser anymore because this piece of code
> is really ugly. I started work on a new parser which will hopefully
> replace the existing one, but this is a low low priority issue.
> I am happy to include patches for the current MIB parser until the new
> one is available if they do not break anything. But the real solution
> is a completely new parser.
I was trying to say that I am not adding this feature unless I find
time to write a complete new parser. The exception to this rule are
patches written by someone else that fit into the code without
breaking something. Once again, I am not interested to make these
patches myself.
Michael> Now, I have not seen any patches made available, maybe
Michael> I didn't search on the correct item. If there is a
Michael> patch, where can it be obtained?? If there isn't a
Michael> patch, is anyone working on one?? If no one is
Michael> working on one, would it be ok if I gave it a go??
Michael> Keep in mind that compilers/parsers is not a strong
Michael> point of mine.
There are no patches as far as I know. Having no knowledge about
parsers is actually an advantage if you look at the CMU derived MIB
parser. (People with compiler construction background risk serious
health problems when looking at this code. :-)
Juergen
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