Question about comments in configfiles

[Michael Calmer]

Hi,

if i read the source code correct with MIT kerberos a comment sign is only 
allowed at the beginning of the line. Is there a reason why spaces before the 
comment sign aren't allowed? 

I think many people wants do this:

[libdefaults]
   #default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM
   default_realm = MY.REALM

I think to change this behaviour is very easy.

============= original prof_parse.c ===================
[...]
        if (line[0] == ';' || line[0] == '#')
                return 0;
        strip_line(line);
        cp = skip_over_blanks(line);
        ch = *cp;
        if (ch == 0)
                return 0;
[...]
========================================================

The only change is to do "skip_over_blanks(line)" first and after this, check 
for a comment sign. 

But does it have side effects?

Thanks for any insight on this question.

-- 
MFG

	Michael Calmer

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