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From: Zbynek Winkler (zw-bjam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-03 07:51:11


Vladimir Prus wrote:

>>I tried to use feature.set-default but I got an error stating
>>/path/to/quickbook is not an allowed value...
>>
>>
>Unfortunately, "free" features can't have default value, because "free"
>features non only can have any value, but can be specified several times. So
>it's unclear when we should add default value -- when none is specified, or
>always?
>
>I hope to fix this one day, by separating "free" features from "multivalued":
>
> http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7814/scarab/issues/id/BB79
>
>
What is (will be) the semantics of multivalued features? I've read the
issue but it seems that it is just asking to be able to set default
value to a free feature and be able to override that from the command
line if necessary.

Zbynek

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