Re: unique_uri strict ?

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Andrew Findlay wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 03:57:35PM +0000, Gavin Henry wrote:
>
> > > > unique_uri "<[strict ][ignore ]URI[URI...]...>"
> > > Well, the <> clearly indicates it's a single argument.  Maybe an 
> > > example, or a remark, would help not overlooking it.
> > That's fine then. I just misread that syntax. Leave as is.
>
> Hmm - I think the syntax is sufficiently unusual that an example and
> note would save a lot of confusion.
>
> I am also wondering what happens when the URI itself would need
> quoting when used alone - e.g. a URI with spaces in it. Do we need
> to put quoted quotes inside the overall quotes, or is the one set
> enough?

Well, this problem appears ever since in OpenLDAP.  In 
ldap_initialize(), for example, and in back-ldap/beck-meta's URI 
directive.  In those cases the problem is solved by requiring 
URL-escaping spaces (%20), which is the correct answer, although 
horribly unreadable (DNs already have their quirks, adding URL ones on 
top of them makes things worse).

If I were to redesign back-ldap/meta now, I'd use separate args for the 
URI list...

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
OpenLDAP Core Team

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