Re: [PATCH/RFC] config: Add --null/-z option for null-delimted output

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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:37:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
>> > Another possibility, though, is to say:
>> > 
>> > 	core.some\0where\0core.over\0\0core.the\0core.rainbow\0
>> 
>> How do you denote empty values then?
>> 
>> [section]
>> 	key=
>> 	key
>> 
>> this are two very different statements atm (e.g. the one is false and
>> the other one is true).
>> 
>> I still think using two different delimiters is the simplest choice.
>
> Okay, good point. But of course, you have to use a delimiter for the key 
> name that cannot be part of the keyname. You picked '\n'. The original was 
> '='. Both work.

In the interest of simplicity, it would appear reasonable to use just
= and not introduce an additional delimiter.  This is similar to how
environments are handled and passed in Unix (though not necessarily
relevant).

-- 
David Kastrup

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