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

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

Hi,

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:

quoted

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:37:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] 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