[Jack-Devel] colons in port names

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DateTue, 26 Jul 2011 08:43:56 -0400
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
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Follow-UpFons Adriaensen Re: [Jack-Devel] colons in port names
Follow-UpNedko Arnaudov Re: [Jack-Devel] colons in port names
Follow-UpFabrice Lebas Re: [Jack-Devel] colons in port names
looking for a consensus on whether or not JACK should allow/disallow
colons in port names, and how stringently it should enforce a ban if
there is one.

at present, it is legal to use a colon in the port name (but not the
client name), which can allow the formation of a port name like

  client:foo: bar

JACK doesn't have any issues with this name - it always uses the
left-most colon as the separator between the client name and the port
name.

should we:

    1) do nothing
    2) note that its unwise to use colons in the documentation, but nothing more
    3) enforce a no-colon rule
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