maybe the syntax error should point to the line where there are extra
characters after the escape?
> On 04 Sep 2015, at 14:53, Peter Hessler <phess...@theapt.org> wrote:
>
> Backslash says "ignore the following charecter". You are using it to
> ignore the newline.
>
> If you ignore the space instead, the newline then matters.
>
> This is not a bug, this is 100% by design.
>
> You'll need to ensure there are no trailing spaces after a backslash
> (and we do recommend removing trailing spaces in general, but those are
> not as damaging)
>
>
> On 2015 Sep 04 (Fri) at 14:30:05 +0200 (+0200), Joseph A Borg wrote:
> :I have something like this in pf.conf:
> :
> :services = "{
> : ssh,
> \
> : http, https, 8000,
> 8080, 8088, \
> : smtp, pop3, pop3s,
> imap, imaps, \
> : submission, 465,
> \
> : domain, ntp
> \
> : }"
> :
> :if there???s white space after the back slash the parser barfs by not
> creating the macro and then raising an error when it???s first used.
> :
> :I would assume this to be an inconvenience for the user as it???s not always
> possible to check whitespace after the backslash
> :
> :regards
> :
>
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