''non-scalar options''
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non-scalar options contain more than one value.
Examples of scalar option types : integers, floats, booleans, strings,...
Examples of non-scalar option types : lists, arrays, records,...
Because of current limitation of MLdonkey internal commands parser, only scalar options, and few non-scalar options that have been equipped with wrapper functions to convert them to/from string format, can be set using commands.
Note: string wrapping functions are usually adhoc (typically, spaces are used to separate values, only because spaces aren't allowed in them), so it's not very satisfactory.
Other solutions are
- generic commands to manipulate non-scalar options (additem/delitem for lists,...)
- use the same parsers and generators used for .ini files handling in the command line parser
Maybe some day...