At 6:35 PM -0500 8/26/98, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>WRD> You say they're not currently required on the command line -- are they
>WRD> supposed to be optional there, or no?
>
>They're not optional. The code just takes the address in a variable and
>essentially does
>
>for $i (all addresses on list) {
> remove($i) if eval("$i =~ /$regexp_from_command_line/;");
>}
>
>which means that additional brackets just won't work. For those who are
>paranoid, the eval is really a call to a regexp matcher which does
>everything within a restrictive Safe compartment and so is as secure as
>Safe itself.
>
>We're early enough in the development phase that we can decide which option
>(delimiters required or not) makes sense and use that one.
For the record, I would vote for requiring delimiters simply so it's
consistent across the board.
-Bill
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