From c81477d9d3185930d9d2f42fb798d3c95d36ce73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Sommer Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:49:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Executive decision: empty fields are now logged as "(empty)" by default. --- scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/ascii.bro | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/ascii.bro b/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/ascii.bro index 5c04fdd3d9..c285512dd5 100644 --- a/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/ascii.bro +++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/ascii.bro @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ export { ## Separator between set elements. const set_separator = "," &redef; - ## String to use for empty fields. - const empty_field = "-" &redef; + ## String to use for empty fields. This should be different from + ## *unset_field* to make the output non-ambigious. + const empty_field = "(empty)" &redef; ## String to use for an unset &optional field. const unset_field = "-" &redef;