Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tagline robustness

[Jonathan Walther]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:31:25PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > Anyway I see no reason why it needs any escapes. What would it help
> > for to have " in that string? The string is there to serve as a unique
> > identifier. It can serve that purpose with few characters forbiden.
>
> Because it's intended that arch-id: be able to represent anything that
> arch-tag: could (so easy upgrade is possible), and arch-tag: ids can
> contain ".

Well, yes, but arch-tag: support isn't going away anytime soon; maybe it
would be good to make a sane decision about what characters to allow in
tags.  The fewer wierd things allowed, the better.

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