MH's patch for allowing control characters as list separators.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 677ab21aa..d39c6d3e2 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.142 2007/02/14 15:33:40 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.143 2007/02/26 14:07:04 ph10 Exp $
 
 New Features in Exim
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@@ -375,6 +375,22 @@ Version 4.67
       continue  = <some expansion>
       condition = ${if eq{0}{<some expansion>}{true}{true}}
 
+18. It is now possible to use newline and other control characters (those with
+    values less than 32, plus DEL) as separators in lists. Such separators must
+    be provided literally at the time the list is processed, but the string
+    expansion that happens first means that you can write them using normal
+    escape sequences. For example, if a new-line separated list of domains is
+    generated by a lookup, you can now process it directly by a line such as
+    this:
+
+      domains = <\n ${lookup mysql{.....}}
+
+    This avoids having to change the list separator in such data. Unlike
+    printing character separators, which can be included in list items by
+    doubling, it is not possible to include a control character as data when it
+    is set as the separator. Two such characters in succession are interpreted
+    as enclosing an empty list item.
+
 
 Version 4.66
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