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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH libnftables] Add support for ct set
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:27:04 +0000
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 02:19:42PM +0100, Kristian Evensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> > nftables uses statements for things that don't return a value. I think
> > it would make sense to keep this consistent. An "set" expression (aka
> > statement) can never be used in a match, so its something fundamentally
> > different than an expression.
> 
> Are you discussing the removal of the union?

No, I'm refering to the (ab)use of the expression. Anything not returning
data is not an expression but a statement.