From: Jakub Narebski Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:50:34 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] config: Add --null/-z option for null-delimted output Message-ID: <200706191350.34714.jnareb@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:37:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> 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. If I remember correctly (and what I checked to be true), while '=' cannot be part of keyname nor section name, it can be part of subsection name, therefore it can be part of fuly qualified key name. The '\n' can _not_ be part of subsection name, therefore it can not be part of fully qualified key name. $ cat > conftest <