[Bro] problem with &expire_func

[Christoph Göldi]

--On Donnerstag, 10. Februar 2005 13:29 -0800 Vern Paxson <vern at icir.org>
wrote:

>> > 	function myfunc(t: table[addr] of bool , idx: addr): interval {
>> > 		local srcIP: addr;
>> > 		srcIP = idx;
>> > 		return 0secs;
>> > 	}
>> 
>> results in this error when i want to start bro:
>> > policy/test.bro, line xx (srcIP = idx): error, type clash in assignment
> 
> Please send the full script exhibiting this problem.  I actually *did*
> test my suggestion and it works for me, and I just fed the above into Bro
> and it didn't generate any error message.

here:

######### test.bro
> global myfunc: function(t: table[addr] of count, idx: any): interval;
> 
> global tcp_host_state: table[addr] of count &default=0 &write_expire=1day
> &expire_func=myfunc;
> 
> function myfunc(t: table[addr] of count, idx: any): interval {
>         local srcIP: addr;
>         srcIP = idx;
>         print t[srcIP];
>         return 0secs;
> }

result:
> christoph:/usr/local/bro # ./bin/bro -i eth0 test
> policy/test.bro, line 7 (srcIP = idx): error, type clash in assignment

thanx
christoph