Rev 54: Why DEFAULT is harmful as as section name. in file:///home/vila/src/bzr/devnotes/

[Vincent Ladeuil]

At file:///home/vila/src/bzr/devnotes/

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revno: 54
revision-id: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20110514145014-k03723cx40w2onbb
parent: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20110513151504-22hnkih3ervy2mig
committer: Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr>
branch nick: devnotes
timestamp: Sat 2011-05-14 16:50:14 +0200
message:
  Why DEFAULT is harmful as as section name.
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=== modified file 'configuration.txt'
--- a/configuration.txt	2011-05-13 15:15:04 +0000
+++ b/configuration.txt	2011-05-14 14:50:14 +0000
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@
 
 Obvious at this point:
 
-* [DEFAULT] section is replaced by a no-name section. This is trival to
+* [DEFAULT] section is replaced by a no-name section (it may otherwise
+  conflict with a a section named after a 'DEFAULT' *path*). This is trival to
   automate by copying the section content into the ``defaults`` no-name
   section. On the other hand, we may want to rename the options too and trying
   to obey both option names in the same file is harder than accepting one name