On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 10:43:49PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Maybe someone else will come up with a better documentation pointer > for variables expanded inside Perl strings.
Umm.. (sorry) for once Reindl is somewhat correct. We are writing rules using _SpamAssassin_, not coding Perl. What low-level regex/variables do in any language is meaningless in this context as SpamAssassin might manipulate things in any number of ways. Quoting requirements and other strange things should be documented in SpamAssassin, but at a quick glance nothing is mentioned about @, only # is referred as needing quoting. So documentation could use an update. Anyway, atleast --lint complains for me if using bad syntax, so it should be a clear indicator if something requires attention.. $ spamassassin --lint Jan 4 10:34:06.520 [6260] warn: Possible unintended interpolation of @baz in string at /usr/local/perl/etc/mail/spamassassin/test.cf, rule TEST_1, line 1, <GEN0> line 17. Jan 4 10:34:06.527 [6260] warn: rules: failed to compile Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Check::_body_tests_0_3, skipping: Jan 4 10:34:06.528 [6260] warn: (Global symbol "@baz" requires explicit package name at /usr/local/perl/etc/mail/spamassassin/test.cf, rule TEST_1, line 1, <GEN0> line 17.) Jan 4 10:34:06.770 [6260] warn: lint: 1 issues detected, please rerun with debug enabled for more information
