SeattleServer.com wrote:
> On Sunday 15 October 2006 11:14, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
>>The next release of Exim allows you to make up your own names for ACL
>>variables, and there is no (reasonable :-) limit to how many you can
>>have.
>
>
> *bows*, yay! I've discovered that I can hold them all in memory while
> actively working on the config, but coming back to it after a few months can
> be hairy ("what's acl_m7, again?). Custom names will be handy. How will
> they be named? acl_m_foo, acl_c_bar? Or will they be more freeform names
> that need the scope declared?
>
> What do you think of the hash/array variable idea? I suppose unlimited
> custom
> names would^Wmight work in this instance, but in some instances hashes are
> cleaner.
>
> I changed would to might, because I'm supposing there will be character
> restrictions on the names, still...(i.e. can a variable name contain a @?
> What about an =? }? Will there be functions to escape/unescape things?)
> Again, hashes seem cleaner as they would (probably, this is an assumption)
> not have to be as restricted.
>
> Cheers,
Maybe it is a sign of advancing age - or having eaten my fair share of 'poor
man's food'....
But I'm having a hard time differentiating between 'hash' and 'spam' these
days...
Either contribute code or give it a rest!
Bill
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