[exim-dev] [Bug 3018] Do write the explanations for † (†) and ‡ (‡) also at a more obvious, easy to memorize, place

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https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3018

--- Comment #7 from u34 <u...@net9.cf> ---
(In reply to Jeremy Harris from comment #6)
> That tells me nothing new; I can't tell what new point you are trying to
> make.

Now I probably understand your suggestion. Indeed there is an option to replace
the † (&dagger;) with a new evar macro. evar for expanded. And the ‡ (&Dagger;)
with a new pvar macro. pvar for preconditioned. So that instead of

    address_data     Use: routers     Type: string†     Default: unset

    The string is expanded just before the router is run, that is, after all
the precondition tests have succeeded. If the ...

We will get, in a similar manner to the result of a tavr macro:

    address_data     Use: routers     Type: string     Default: unset

    expanded

    The string is expanded just before the router is run, that is, after all
the precondition tests have succeeded. If the ...

Rethinking I find this solution nice. As it replaces an exim assembly command,
if I can call the † (&dagger;) mark this way, with a more descriptive word. In
fact, perhaps the the new evar macro could also be an internal link to
https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-string_expansions.html.
That is , in addition to make the word expanded printed at the right places
(like what the tvar macro does), the reader will be able to jump to the string
expansion chapter if he want to.

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