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
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>
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