On 2024-03-28 3:38 p.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
Yes the feature has merit, and was previously discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2021-10/msg00001.html
There are some subtleties to consider though.
Indeed there are subtleties to consider. Thank you pointing previous
discussion.
For the first revision, it can be stricter but leave room for improved
features later without breaking backwards compatibility.
1. Support empty lines comments in separate lines.
<optional whitespace># comment text
2. No inline comments. header1 is not a comment
URL=https://foo.example.com#header1
3. Literal $ should be escaped. otherwise error. No variable or
parameter substitution.
error for now:
PATH=$PTH1:/foo/bar
ok:
PRICE=\$42.05
4. Literal backslah (\) should be escaped. Otherwise error
error:
DESCRIPTION=lorem ipsum \
lorem ipsum
ok. value set is "lorem ipsum\nlorem ipsum". new line not expanded.
DESCRIPTION=lorem ipsum \\nlorem ipsum
5. Command line overrides value in file. duplicate entries in file are
error.
error:
USER=foo
USER=bar
Also error? Not allow duplicates with different cases.
USER=foo
User=bar
6. Only [a-zA-Z0-9_] in variable keys. any utf-8 in values.
Let me know your thoughts.
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Regards,
Bala
