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Peter B . Juul peter.juul at uni-c.dk
Wed Jan 10 10:42:31 CET 2001

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:28:15AM +0100, Gilles Farrache wrote:

> Dear database managers,
> 
> I notice a loop in the followings AS-MACRO, in fact  AS-TELEDANMARKINTERNATIONAL
> is calling AS-TLI which is calling AS-TELEDK which is calling AS-TELEDANMARKINTERNATIONAL.
> (and all that make that our automatic filter generation tool fails)
> 
> Could you correct those macro and will the Ripe database management provide any 
> control on that kind of loop ?

I have seen those elsewhere, such as at AS-UNI.

I don't think it is entirely avoidable.

I don't know if it is illegal either, albeit it ought to be, as the 
construction doesn't make sense.

Consider letting your automation keep a list of previously expanded macros
so that it doesn't do it again.

Peter B. Juul, 
Uni-C (PBJ255-RIPE)

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