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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.borrero.glez@gmail.com>,
	Netfilter Development Mailing list
	<netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC nft PATCH] syntax: replace '=>' with '=:'
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:44:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140113104434.GA4594@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140112215511.GB15677@macbook.localnet>

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 09:55:12PM +0000, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> > If you don't like '=:', what about:
> > '--'
> > '-:'
> > '---'
> > '--:'
> > or
> > ':--'
> 
> Neither of. Too long, and for a mapping ':' or '=>' seem a reasonable
> choice. ':=' is more like an assignment, which doesn't fit too well.
>
> I'd say go for ':', if the user doesn't insert spaces and can't read
> his own rules anymore, his fault.

I like ':' is used in python dictinaries too. Erlang uses ',' as
separator and ruby was using the '=>' that causes some troubles with
bash if not escaped. I think there is not chance for ambiguity, but
I'm going to make more tests and get back to you.

      reply	other threads:[~2014-01-13 10:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-12 19:41 [RFC nft PATCH] syntax: replace '=>' with '=:' Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2014-01-12 20:17 ` Patrick McHardy
2014-01-12 20:28   ` Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2014-01-12 21:24     ` Patrick McHardy
2014-01-12 21:47       ` Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2014-01-12 21:55         ` Patrick McHardy
2014-01-13 10:44           ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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