Re: list item concatenation

[John Sechrest]

Do we have the problem with "-" in the names of things for this too?

I have used lists and they have worked, so there is something
simple here.




Lev Lvovsky <lists1@sonous.com> writes:

 % Sadly no, that results in parse errors (fatal ones).
 % 
 % -lev
 % 
 % 
 % On Feb 26, 2004, at 6:29 PM, John Sechrest wrote:
 % 
 % >
 % >
 % > Lev Lvovsky <lists1@sonous.com> writes:
 % >
 % >
 % >  % however, changing smart_list to something with more than one item
 % >  % (leaving everything else the same):
 % >
 % >  %    smart_list = ( 
 % > tsthvy1-smarthost.domain.com:tsthvy1-db1.domain.com )
 % >
 % >  % results in all sorts of parsing errors when a connection is 
 % > attempted:
 % >
 % >
 % > Isn't the syntax for a list:
 % >
 % > smart_list = tsthvy1-smarthost.domain.com:tsthvy1-db1.domain.com
 % >
 % >
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