On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Philip Hazel wrote:
> The line before your quote has
>
> def:<variable>
>
> which I though implied that "def:" has to be followed by a variable.
I guess I was getting confused in thinking that ${lookup ... was a
variable. It's perl's fault for making me think that anything starting
with a dollar sign is a scalar variable!
Your suggested changes should clarify things. Users have to recognize the
difference between a variable and "a string which will be expanded", even
though in many cases they can be used interchangeably. Take for example
these two conditions:
condition = ${if match{$local_part}{^\\d+\$} {0} {1}}
condition = ${lookup ldapauth {$local_part@$domain:forwarding} {0} {1}}
They are both strings which are being expanded (per the "condition"
documentation), but the similarity in syntax can lead one (ok, just me) to
think that a "lookup" is valid where an "if" would be valid.
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j.
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