[Freeswitch-users] is loopback really 'evil'?

[François Delawarde]

It is quite evil, but also a great tool in some cases. Use it only if
you feel comfortable enough with FS to workaround strange issues.

François.


On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 08:44 -0700, Michael Collins wrote:
> Always ask this question: WHY do you need loopback? What does loopback
> give you that you can't get elsewhere? 
> For example, in the default dialplan we use loopback for voicemail so
> that people can do an attended transfer to send a call into the
> target's voicemail.
> 
> My recommendation is this: if you are tempted to use loopback but
> aren't sure if it's the only way to accomplish what you want, then ask
> here or on IRC. In many cases you can use loopback w/o any drama.
> However, some people abuse loopback by doing crazy things that Tony
> never dreamed of when he created mod_loopback. That's the primary
> reason that loopback is "evil." 
> 
> So... ask away! 
> -MC
> 
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Mitch Capper <mitch.capper at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I think its best to look at loopback as something of a hack,
>         in most
>         situations there is almost always another way to do what
>         loopback
>         does.   As long as loopback behaves in your situation how it
>         should
>         you should be fine, but if when you go to use it you find
>         oddities or
>         issues generally taking loopback out of the equation will
>         solve the
>         problems.
>         
>         ~Mitch 
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