Re: Naming bits in an mbbiDirect record

[Simon Rose via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

To my recollection it was never developed because no one ever picked it up enough to complete it. It’s still a good idea IMO.

Cheers,

S.

From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 14:49
To: EPICS Tech Talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Naming bits in an mbbiDirect record

If I remember correctly, some years ago, there was an idea thrown around at a Codeathon to make the 'info()' structures readable across the network.

That feature would allow you to add any number of string tags to any record, but without record-specific code, without blowing up the field list and without adding to the memory footprint of every instance.

Does anyone remember why that feature was never fully developed?

Cheers,
~Ralph