[tor-bugs] #5475 [Vidalia]: Vidalia torrc editor is confused by # comments

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#5475: Vidalia torrc editor is confused by # comments
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 Reporter:  schoen         |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect         |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:                 
Component:  Vidalia        |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.15
 Keywords:  torrc comment  |         Parent:                 
   Points:                 |   Actualpoints:                 
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 If you use Vidalia to edit any torrc (including a pre-existing default
 torrc) that contains a hash-introduced comment on the same line with an
 option setting, like

 SocksPort 9050 # this is the port that applications connect on

 then you get an error like

 Unacceptable option value: Int keyword 'SocksPort 9050 # this is the port
 that applications connect on' is malformed or out of bounds.

 because Vidalia tried to validate the torrc and didn't realize that the
 comment was a comment.  However, this doesn't seem to confuse Tor itself,
 so there's a gap between Vidalia's notion of torrc syntax and Tor's
 notion.

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