Re: [ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1290: parameter file parser fails to parse parameter name

#1290: parameter file parser fails to parse parameter name ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: rhaas | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------

Comment (by eschnett):

Lisp. One of the oldest languages there is. Almost any character can be part of an identifier.

IIRC, Steve added "/" as character that can be used in identifiers to work around a backward compatibility issue (probably a string containing a slash was used without quotes).