Magnus Holmgren wrote: >
> I disagree. The RHS of almost all conditions and modifiers is expanded. Would
> anyone think that the RHS in "ignore = this" or "disregard = that" would be
> skipped over as if it were a comment?
>
> IMHO "ignore" or "disregard" refer exactly as much to the intention of the
> modifier as "expand" does, and likewise refers exactly as much to the
> implementation as "expand" does. I mean, the admin shouldn't use a modifier
> called "disregard" unless he intends the result to be disregarded;
> disregarding the result is not merely how some arbitrary feature was
> implemented. Or have I misunderstood you?
Think about it from the other direction -- I have some functionality I
want to add to my ACL, and I don't know what code to write, so I hit the
manual looking for something that seems right. Am I more likely to be
thinking, "I just want to expand this string" or "I just want to ignore
this string"?
> Disclaimer: This is not really that important...
The colour of the bikeshed is its more important attribute! :)
