On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:03:28PM -0700, Ron Mayer wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>...when you comment something out, it should restore
> >>...the contrary position is that a comment is a comment...
> >...If I comment out a parameter I expect...
>
>
> The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have
> commented out values in the config file at all.
>
> If someone wants to change a value and keep a reminder of
> what the old value was, he's welcome to comment out the
> original line himself. (assuming that was the thinking
> behind commenting them out in the first place)
That only makes sense if you also remove the concept of default values;
something I don't think we want to do.
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com
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