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diff --git a/old-docs/syntax-allow-deny.mdwn b/old-docs/syntax-allow-deny.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c227abf --- /dev/null +++ b/old-docs/syntax-allow-deny.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Lace - Syntax of Allow and Deny statements +========================================== + +These access control statements start `allow` or `deny`, followed by a single +token reason to be returned to the caller (thus the reason should be quoted if +it contains spaces), followed by zero or more definition names, all of which +must pass for the statement to execute. + +For example: + + allow "Administrators can do anything" is-admin + deny "Plebs may do nothing" is-pleb + + allow '' + +As with definitions, includes, etc, if rule names are prefixed with an +exclamation point then their sense is inverted, e.g. + + deny "Only admins may alter hooks" altering-hooks !is-admin + |