When an incorrect option line of the form

foobar = 42

is included in the config file, no warning or error is given.

This is potentially dangerous as an option is silently ignored if the dot character is accidentally omitted or mistyped, e.g.:

$HTTP["url"] =~ "/dangerousstuff" {
url-access-deny = ( "" )
}

Expected Behaviour¶

As for an unrecognised command

foobar

or a non-existent name

foo.bar = 42

the described problem should lead to a warning, or better yet an error, to avoid silent failure in case of a typo.

It also violates the BNF given in the docs Docs_Configuration.

Is this simply a bug in the syntax checker or am I missing something?

I tested with 1.4.35