We use topic names to generate directories on the file system, "/" is not a valid character in directories (or if it is, it still makes things like "ls" more complex), so we decided to simply do without it.
On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Paolo Patierno <ppatie...@live.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > why the "/" character isn't allowed in a topic name ? If I try to use it I > receive an error on creation. > > > If I try to use the "\" character ... no error on creation but this character > is omitted from the name. Why ? > > > I.e. create "this\topic" ... it creates "thistopic" > > > Thanks, > > Paolo. > > > Paolo Patierno > Senior Software Engineer (IoT) @ Red Hat > Microsoft MVP on Windows Embedded & IoT > Microsoft Azure Advisor > > Twitter : @ppatierno<http://twitter.com/ppatierno> > Linkedin : paolopatierno<http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno> > Blog : DevExperience<http://paolopatierno.wordpress.com/> -- Gwen Shapira Product Manager | Confluent 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap Follow us: Twitter | blog