Unlang and !*

[Alan DeKok]

Brian Candler wrote:
> Just a minor point: unlang accepts the syntax
> 
>     if (Foo !* "any") {
>         ...
>     }
> 
> but it doesn't behave in the same way as !* in a 'users' file.

  OK.

> But I think it would be better if it rejected them outright as a syntax
> error if you tried to use them.  It has caused some local confusion
> recently.

  Generating a syntax error is problematic, as the parsing is done at
run time.  I can go poke it so that the complaints about an unsupported
operator are more visible in debugging mode.

  Alan DeKok.