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From: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] config: Add --null/-z option for null-delimted output
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:12:52 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:37:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> Another possibility, though, is to say:
> 
> 	core.some\0where\0core.over\0\0core.the\0core.rainbow\0

How do you denote empty values then?

[section]
	key=
	key

this are two very different statements atm (e.g. the one is false and
the other one is true).

I still think using two different delimiters is the simplest choice.

Gruesse,
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