> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron Wiebe > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:42 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] feedback requested: NEW rsyslog.conf format > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Rainer Gerhards > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My goal in designing the new config language is to have the ability > that > > things do not necessarily be defined upfront. Thus I insisted on the > > capability to declare actions *right* inside the rule. The idea is > that we > > often have situation (very often indeed) that an action is used only > once. I > > find it somewhat unintuitive (and error-prone) when one needs to > declare and > > name the action first, just to use it one time. In that sense, I'd > like to > > have the capability to declare such objects in scope. > > I see where you're coming from - and I do agree. That said, I think > getting the difference visible is important. For example, if you want > to use an action one-off, you shouldn't be permitted to name it. If > you want to declare it for multiple reuse, it must be at a specific > scope level (ie, global scope only), and it must be named.
makes sense ;) Rainer > > That said, no objections. :) > > -Aaron > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
