Bug#260446: *poke poke poke*
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 06:42:40PM -0800, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> was heard to say:
> It's been three years and there's been no reply on this bug, nor is
> there a documented way of escaping double-quote characters. Would it be
> possible for someone to take a quick look at this patch? I could easily
> tweak the code to create a new quoted-string format (eg, using '') that
> supports backslash-escapes and not support them in the old format.
Whoops, I edited my mail down until it stopped making sense,
apparently. ;-)
What I meant to say was: I wonder if the reason my patch hasn't been
applied is due to concerns about backwards-compatibility? i.e., if
users are already using backslashes in configuration options, then
suddenly giving them a new meaning is a bit unkind.
One way around this is to also support the use of single quote
characters for output, and to support backslash-escapes inside them.
OTOH, it looks like single-quotes are currently treated as part of the
option value, so I guess there may not be a loophole that you can drive
a format fix through without breaking compatibility :-(.
Daniel
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