In that case you could use a regex for the classes with multiple
matches. (E.g. EXPRESSION /cherry|mango|lime/) Performance
penalty is not as large as for logical expressions and this is probably
faster than maintaining list.

Steve

>>> On 8/13/2009 at 8:50 AM, in message
<[email protected]>, "Lars
Westerlind" <[email protected]> wrote:
> AFAIK currently I write 
> 
>  
> 
> CLASSITEM "flavor"
> 
> ...
> 
> EXPRESSION "cherry"
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Suggested extension would be to allow for
> 
>  
> 
> CLASSITEM 
> 
> ...
> 
> EXPRESSION "cherry","mango","lime"
> 
>  
> 
> But really, syntax is not my concern. A could very well use
expressions, but 
> the documentation says they are not good for performance. And my
first 
> question is if I've missed something? 
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> Från: Fawcett, David [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Skickat: 13 August 2009 15:39
> Till: Lars Westerlind; [email protected] 
> Ämne: RE: [mapserver-users] Classitems selection
> 
>  
> 
> Do you mean something like ('[flavor]' IN ('cherry', 'mango',
'lime')?  
> 
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lars 
> Westerlind
>       Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:39 AM
>       To: [email protected] 
>       Subject: [mapserver-users] Classitems selection
> 
>       I use the CLASSITEM - EXPRESSION with string expression rather
much, which is 
> also recommended for performance. But sometimes I have a few values
that 
> could be shown in the same class. Wouldn't it be a nice idea to allow
for a 
> commaseparated set/list of strings to match? 
> 
>        
> 
>        
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