Bug#310928: libmissinglib-ocaml-dev: please provide an escape sequence for : and = separators

[Frederic LEHOBEY <Frederic.Lehobey@free.fr>]

Package: libmissinglib-ocaml-dev
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I am digging into dfsbuild.  Could it be possible to add some escape
sequence to the ":" and/or "=" separators as used in ConfigParser in
order to be able to get options like these:

/an/example = some string
 an other line with "/whatever:/it/breaks/after/the/colon"

or (even worse) something like (it is an actual menu entry) :

/etc/menu/xbase-clients = \
 ?package(xbase-clients):\
  needs="x11"\
  section="Apps/Math"\
  hints="Calculators"\
  longtitle="Xcalc: scientific calculator for X"\
  title="Xcalc"\
  command="xcalc"

I do not know what it should look like.  Maybe:

/an/example = some string
 an other line with "/whatever\:/does/not/see/the/colon/as/separator/anymore"

or

/etc/menu/xbase-clients = \
 ?package(xbase-clients)\:\
  needs\="x11"\
  section\="Apps/Math"\
  hints\="Calculators"\
  longtitle\="Xcalc\: scientific calculator for X"\
  title\="Xcalc"\
  command\="xcalc"

Best regards,
Frederic Lehobey

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