Re: AW: [Exim] Exim 4 config file: opinions sought

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Philipp Gimm
CC: Philip Hazel, Yann Golanski, exim-users
Subject: Re: AW: [Exim] Exim 4 config file: opinions sought
philipp@??? said:
> How about standard ini format?


No, please not that.

If you want to go for that sort of organization then going for a
complete parser would seem better - going basically bind 8/9 like

main {

}

transports {
    smtp {
        # smtp defs
    }
}


ph10@??? said:
> Unless lots of people feel that this is an especially good idea, I
> don't really see the need to introduce syntax that involves a special
> character (the square brackets). Is the idea that it makes it stand
> out?


I quite like the idea of bracketing sections - makes it possible to use
syntax sensitive editors and do fast checks on things. However the ini
format does not support that at all.

    Nigel.


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