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svn commit: r423528 - /spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm

Author: felicity
Date: Wed Jul 19 10:11:38 2006
New Revision: 423528

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=423528&view=rev
Log:
modify the Conf POD regarding escaping the # in configs

Modified:
    spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm

Modified: spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm?rev=423528&r1=423527&r2=423528&view=diff
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--- spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm (original)
+++ spamassassin/branches/3.1/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm Wed Jul 19 10:11:38 2006
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 directories.
 
 The C<#> character starts a comment, which continues until end of line.
-B<NOTE:> using the C<#> character in the regular expression rules requires
-escaping.  i.e.: C<\#>
+B<NOTE:> if the C<#> character is to be used as part of a rule or
+configuration option, it must be escaped with a backslash.  i.e.: C<\#>
 
 Whitespace in the files is not significant, but please note that starting a
 line with whitespace is deprecated, as we reserve its use for multi-line rule