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[Gnumed-devel] IMPORTANT change: __default__ as default value !
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Karsten Hilbert |
Subject: |
[Gnumed-devel] IMPORTANT change: __default__ as default value ! |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:57:04 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.3.22.1i |
Hi all,
I just now realized how poor a choice '__default__' was as a
default value for, say, episodes or health issues. Poor
because '_' has a meaning in LIKE queries. Originally I
carried over the concept of '__' from Python but didn't invest
appropriate thought into the matter. My first reflex was to
use '***default***' instead but that's not much better since
'*' has meaning in regular expressions ...
So, I propose to change '__default__' to '>>>default<<<'.
Anyone got any objections ? If I don't hear back by Tuesday
I'll go ahead and fix our sources.
Karsten
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