[syslog-ng] discussion: Should ptbtool test validate types

[Evan Rempel]

Now that syslog-ng has type hinting should the pdbtool test also 
validate the types of any values specified for a pattern.


<rule id="pid1" class="myclass" provider="me">
     <patterns>
         <pattern>some pattern @NUMBER:mynum@ with number</pattern>
     </patterns>
     <tags>
         <tag>rate</tag>
     </tags>
     <values>
        <value name="more" type="integer">100A</value>
     </values>
     <examples>
        <example>
           <test_message program="some pattern 123 with 
number</test_message>
           <test_values>
              <test_value name="mynum" type="integer">123</test_value>
           </test_values>
        </example>
     </examples>
</rule>


Currently the test_values are verified for both the value, and the type 
that the pattern parses, however, none of the values that are used to 
enrich this message are verified for type.

This results in a patterndb that passes validation, yet will fail at the 
time the pattern matches a log message.


comments?

-- 
Evan
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