[Ferm] two semicolons

[Max Kellermann]

On 2011/02/27 10:03, Marc Haber <mh+ferm at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> is it intended to flag two semicolons (;;) at the end of a rule as a
> syntax error? Why should an empty statement not be allowed?

The reason is that a semicolon is a command: it finalizes the current
rule, and turns it into an iptables line.  A special hack would be
needed to make special case of "no further additions in the current
context, ignore the semicolon".