-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Paolo Bonzini on 8/31/2009 1:04 AM: > >> But maybe '%' has some merit, although it can occur in >> unquoted filenames. > > I think we should go with '%' or maybe '!'.
% can occur in URLs. I'd rather go with recommending ! (since many shells require quoting it anyways to avoid history expansion). > >> What about ';' - are there any regex >> engines that attach meaning to either ; or \;? > > No, but having "s;a;b;g;" be different from "s;a;b;;g;" would not be > nice... True. I guess I'll find time to visit this patch, if no one beats me to it. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqbtacACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDbCgCdHXlkEzLUv3Fm9znJR88J95xW RpkAoNicKudwAKX+L1NVhg6yGZW32j8W =hRth -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
