Re: config file formats

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:54 AM, David Holland wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:39:04PM -0400, Mouse wrote:
>>> Would anyone object to adopting a convention in which if the first
>>> line of a config file begins with "#@" it identifies the format?
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether I think this is a good idea or not - I find myself
>> liking and disliking it both at the same time.
> 
> Someone just emailed me privately to point out that #@ looks too much
> like @(#), which is a good point... perhaps #& or #%, although I don't
> like the way #& looks and #% is giving me vague bad vibes, like maybe
> it means something to Windows.

How about #== or #:=