[cvsnt] keyword dollar sign collision with variable
Tony Hoyle
tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Oct 2 19:46:31 BST 2007
Boris Smirnov wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I'm using a keyword substitution in my files that I'm developing.
> Problem is that the program that uses my files has already $ dollar sign
> reserved for variables and always waits for a variable name after $. So
> when I have keyword $Log$ it brings a lot of error messages saying that
> Log is not a variable and it was no variable found after second $ sign.
> I can avoid it by adding "\" before the $ sign but that works only for
> first substitution. After that the second "\" was replaced and exists
> not anymore.
>
> Is there a workaround ?
> Thanks for every help.
Any language will allow you to put the keywords in comments eg.
/* $Log$ */
btw. I'd avoid $Log as it creates merging problems.
Tony
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