Re: pmie support for string-typed metrics

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ken,

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> From darkest Tibet ... well snowing and cold rather than dark.

Good to hear from you!

> pmie could be taught to grok string valued expressions  ... it would be a big
> change in a lot of code that is tricky and a little brittle, but certainly
> feasible.

OK.

> I'd probably start by outlawing all the arithmetic functions (avg, sum) and
> the relational operators (<, <=, >= and >) to avoid locale issues with
> lexicographic order which takes out the min and max functions as well.
> 
> Even with these restrictions I think your use cases could all be handled.

Excellent.

> If you can wait, I'll look in more earnest after I get back home in early
> May.

Yes, it can certainly wait - thanks!

cheers.

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Nathan