[erlang-questions] Getting support for X.692 in the asn1 application OR "If not ASN.1, then what?"

[Torben Hoffmann]

ECN = X.692 ;-)

The problem with the lovely binaries in Erlang is that I have to write the
encode/decode functions myself.

I want to be able to specify how my PDUs look like and get the encode/decode
for free just like with the asn1 application.

Cheers,
Torben

p.s. I am not lazy, I am a mathematician!!

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Cameron Kerr <ckerr@REDACTED> wrote:

> Would ASN.1's ECN (Explicit Coding Notation) work for this?
> Not sure if that is supported by the asn1 module either... if not, then
> Erlang's binary support should be pretty useful.
>
> On 30/04/2009, at 8:59 PM, Torben Hoffmann wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking into finding efficient ways of dealing with legacy protocols
> and during that I found the X.692 standard:
>
> http://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=T-REC-X.692-200203-S!PDF-E&type=items<http://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=T-REC-X.692-200203-S%21PDF-E&type=items>
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/asn1/database/itu-t/x/x692/2002/index.html
>
> The ASN.1 compiler barfs on the ELM and EDM modules since X.692 is not
> supported by the asn1 application.
>
> What are the chances of X.692 being supported by the asn1 application?
>
> A aside: no matter how fun it really is to code Erlang nothing beats
> getting a pair of encode-decode functions for free.
>
> BTW: the key need I am trying to address is the ability to specify the PDUs
> of an arbitrarily weird protocol (mostly telecom ones) and then get a codec
> for it. ASN.1 is not a holy grail for me and other good technologies will be
> looked at if you suggest it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Torben
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