> I think the proper solution is to use guile as a extention language, if so, use guile 2.0 and support the language extension. this allows to use other syntax, like M4 or even a cut-down JavaScript, if liked.
> the syntax for syslog.conf is very limiting, and would cause > incompatibilities with other versions of syslog. don't worry too much about this. there already exists lots of incompatibilities (even = and <= are only common BSD extensions), and your ** extension is breaking compatibility as well. a #* would have worked, for example ;) best wishes, MeloDramus <melodra...@online.de>