[LOGCXX-292] Properties do not support continuation (as documented) where \r\n is used to end a line

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0, 0.11.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: Configurator
• Environment: Any platform that uses \r\n to end lines of property files e.g. Windows
• Assignee: Curt Arnold
• Reporter: Mark Bartosik
• Created: 17/Jun/08 22:20
• Updated: 18/Jun/08 05:24
• Resolved: 18/Jun/08 05:24

Description

According to the documentation a slash '\' on the last character of a line is meant to act as a continuation character. This does not work where the line is ended with \r\n.

e.g.
my_prop_name = first_part_of_value \
second_part_of_value

If the platform uses \r\n to end the line then second_part_of_value will be treated as a key name not a continuation of the value for my_prop_name.

The bug is caused by a cut and paste error in the code:

Around line 256 of properties.cpp the following code currently appears:

case ELEMENT_CONTINUE2:
switch(c)
{
case 0x20: // '\n'

It should read thus:

case ELEMENT_CONTINUE2:
switch(c)
{
case 0x0A: // '\n'