On Dec 12 09:17, Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Corinna Vinschen on 12/12/2008 9:13 AM: > >> "@" for the named value, and "%.val" for the unnamed default? > > > > Backward compatibility would ask for sticking to @ for the default > > value. Actually there could be a key and a value called @ so you > > have three @ items. :-P > > If there is no key or value @, then use @ for the default for > compatibility. If there is either a key or a value named @, then use: > > @ - named key > @%val - named value > %val - default value
Something like that, I guess, though it I get headaches imagining that the default value is not the default value anymore if by chance a @ key or value exists. It's a pity that we didn't have Christian's patch right from the start. I'm just glad that this is a seldom border case. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
