Re: [exim] [patch] "do nothing" ACL modifier

Ted Cooper wrote:
> Magnus Holmgren wrote:
>> On Wednesday 07 February 2007 16:37, Philip Hazel wrote:
>>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Renaud Allard wrote:
>>>>> I think it'll be tricky to pick a single "verb" that will convey the
>>>>> effect it has without potential confusion.
>>> That is becoming quite clear!
>>>
>>> Given that this is a "condition", I suppose we could call it "true", but
>>> then I suppose we would also need "false". Hmm. Maybe that would be
>>> useful?
>>>
>>>> What about nullexpand ?
>>> or "justexpand"
>> I don't think it matters what it's called. Users will have to read the manual
>> to find it anyway - it's not something you can simply guess.
>
> Ha! That really did make my morning :) You know perfectly well that no
> one reads the manual before posting some stupid question on here :P
>

I *resemble* that remark! And beg to differ.

I've read all or most of several iterations of the manual(s), and still managed
to post, not only stupid questions, but odd bits of bad advice...

Though I have never felt overly lonely in doing either...

;-)

BTW - I'd vote for a verb such as:

invoke

or

trip

or

post

or even

exec

...for a RHS expansion of the sort involved.

It is not limited to an SQL call.

One can reboot the server - or a distant server - or brew coffee with it.

hardly a "do nothing" verb, that.


Bill