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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2015-05-22 14:20:31 +0200
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2015-05-22 14:20:31 +0200
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asn1 doc: Alert users of limitations in test and value functions
Add a note about the limitations of the asn1ct:test/1,2,3 and asn1ct:value/2 functions.
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@@ -371,6 +371,15 @@ File3.asn</pre>
representation of a value of the <c>ASN.1</c> type <c>Type</c>. The value
is a random value and subsequent calls to this function will for most
types return different values.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Currently, the <c>value</c> function has many limitations.
+ Essentially, it will mostly work for old specifications based
+ on the 1997 standard for ASN.1, but not for most modern-style
+ applications. Another limitation is that the <c>value</c> function
+ may not work if options that change code generations strategies
+ such as the options <c>macro_name_prefix</c> and
+ <c>record_name_prefix</c> have been used.</p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -391,6 +400,15 @@ File3.asn</pre>
This function is useful during test to secure that the generated
encode and decode functions as well as the general runtime support
work as expected.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Currently, the <c>test</c> functions have many limitations.
+ Essentially, they will mostly work for old specifications based
+ on the 1997 standard for ASN.1, but not for most modern-style
+ applications. Another limitation is that the <c>test</c> functions
+ may not work if options that change code generations strategies
+ such as the options <c>macro_name_prefix</c> and
+ <c>record_name_prefix</c> have been used.</p>
+ </note>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p><c>test/1</c> iterates over all types in <c>Module</c>.</p>