"Unused entry" warning in omnetpp.ini when using the "like" keyword

[Aniruddha]

Hi folks,

I tried searching the list for answers but could not find one so I am
posting this basic question about the "Unused entry (does not match
any parameter)" warning I see in my omnetpp.ini file.

I am using the INETMANET framework. I took the TCPBasicAppClient.ned
(and its C++ header/impl files), and made my own class. So I now have
something like this:

simple MyTCPBasicClient like TCPApp {

// everything here including parameters, etc, is the same as
TCPBasicAppClient.ned from INETMANET.

}

I also added the @class to the parameters in the above simple module.

Now, in my example I have a WirelessHost and I want to set its
tcpAppType to be "MyTCPBasicClient" instead of "TCPBasicClientApp". In
the IDE, when I type something like this:

**.host*.tcpAppType =

and I press Control-Space to see what all choices are available, I see
the definition of the module I defined (in addition to the already
supported choices). So I select the "MyTCPBasicClient".

But now I get the Unused entry warning (yellow markers) for all the
parameters like port, connectAddress, etc.

Even then I tried to run my example and it runs properly. When I
inspect the host object, I see that it has all the parameters and the
values are set to what I specified in the omnetpp.ini file.

But then the question is why are those warning showing up and why are
those parameters not being matched? I am using the 4.0 version and
not the latest beta.

thanks
Aniruddha

[Rudolf Hornig]

Well, the IDE tries to do its best to guess and figure out what parameters you 

are using for your modules. This obviously depends on what module type you are using.

In this case the type was specified as a value of a parameter and the IDE simply cannot 

figure out it correctly as it is using only static analysis. There are much more complicated cases

where it is simply impossible to give a correct answer. for example

**.host[0].tcpAppType = MyTCPBasicClient

**.host[1].tcpAppType = TCPBasicClient

Let's assume that MyTCPBasicClient has a parameter myExtraPar while TCPBasicClient does not.

Now if you write

**.host[*].tcp.myExtraPar = ...

Is this parameter used or unused? well it is used for hos[0] but unused for host[1]...

In summary. This a false positive warning and you can safely ignore it. Maybe in later releases 

of omnet we will implement some basic dynamic type resolution.

But, there is no perfectoin :)

Rudolf

thanks
Aniruddha

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[Andras Varga]

This should work. Would you mind submitting a bug report, with a
stripped-down example that we can use to reproduce the issue?
bugs.omnetpp.org

Thanks,
Andras

[Aniruddha]

Hi Andras, Rudolf,

Thanks for your inputs. I will submit a bug report.

Thanks
Aniruddha