While i am not sure why this notation was chosen, at least one precedent would be HTML where an element is defined by a starting tag named within angle-brackets and the end of the element is defined by a corresponding tag with the the same name prefixed with a "/" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element#Syntax regards CVS _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
