[Bro-Dev] Configuration framework syntax proposal

[Johanna Amann]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 10:00:33PM -0500, Daniel Thayer wrote:
> On 9/20/17 5:24 PM, Johanna Amann wrote:
> > advantages or disadvantages. One idea is to have a different syntax to define
> > the configuration option. Instead of
> > 
> > const filter = "ip" &config="input.pcap.filter";
> > 
> > the definition could look like
> > 
> > configopt filter = "ip";
> > 
> If we decide to use the "const" syntax, then is the plan
> to allow a const to have both the &config and &redef attributes?
> (presumably, we wouldn't allow "&redef" with "configopt")

Actually, yes, that was the thought so far; since they do not interact,
they are combineable if someone would desire this.

Johanna