Re: [PATCΗ] Quoted values in squid.conf

On 05/26/2013 10:05 PM, Kinkie wrote:
>>> The only thing I would like to see differently implemented is the
>>> syntax used to include files:
>>> file(path) would be IMO easier to understand and less prone to
>>> confusion than the proposed syntax.
>>
>> OK.
>> But imagine in the future also the following syntax:
>> file:/path/file
>> system:/usr/local/squid/bin/my-squid-conf (to read from an executable
>> stdout configuration options)
>> http://hostname/cfgfile (to get from web page configuration)
>>
>> All the above can be implemented in the future...
>
> Sure, I agree.
>
> file(/path/file)
> system(/some/executable)
> http_get(http://hostname/file)

Well, this is not a bad scheme :-)

Just the file:/path/to/file a little easier to implement. But not
something important...

>
> What I simply meant is that it is very customary for anyone who has
> ever dabbled in any programming language to see a pattern where
> name(...)
> is either a funciton invocation, or a macro call
>
> It's also a syntax that was never used in Squid, so it's not
> encumbered by legacy.
>
> Note: I'm not vetoing the syntax, just chiming in with a suggestion:I
> am sure that there are excellent reasons for doing it like you
> thought.
>
>
> --
> /kinkie
>
Received on Mon May 27 2013 - 10:54:40 MDT