On Fri, 4 May 2012 10:12:30 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >On 5/4/2012 7:52 AM, Thomas Conley wrote: >> >> I think the MPFLST option should be something like JOBLOG, SYSLOG, or BOTH. >> That should satisfy the needs of all parties. > >I like this idea. However, I would caution against the use of the word 'BOTH' >since that would preclude a third verbose message destination being added in >the >future. I would suggest a simple list of possible verbose message destinations. >Currently, the list would support zero, one or two destinations. Perhaps >keyword=SYSLOG, keyword=JOBLOG, and keyword=(SYSLOG,JOBLOG) or some such... > Indeed. Please avoid an absurdity such as "AMODE(ANY)", where "ANY" no longer means "any", but instead "any except 64". If you must supply "ANY" as a shorthand, put users on notice that future new destinations shall be added to "ANY".
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