> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:51 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] How to escape backslash in rainerscript > if...then conditions > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > > PS: Double-quotes are reserved for in-string property access, like > > "message is $msg", as known from a couple of languages. I have to > admit > > I am no longer sure that's really a good idea... > > I think that would be a nice thing to have, but until that's available, > simply making " do the same as ' would eliminate a lot of user errors. > Adding the in-string property access at a later time would not break > anything that was using double quotes before > > well, unless they used $, but that's something that you can document > when > " are allowed, and since it's a common issue with other languages, it's > not going to surprise people. you could even disallow $ inside double > quotes until then if you wanted.
That's a sweet idea! I'll see that I implement that ASAP (but it needs to go into -devel, of course...). Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
