[[params-fmt]]
Parameters format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The format of the 'PARAMS' option's argument is a comma-separated
list of `NAME=VALUE` assignments:

[verse]
'NAME'='VALUE'[,'NAME'='VALUE']...

'NAME'::
    Parameter name (C{nbsp}identifier plus the `:`, `.`, and `-` characters).

'VALUE'::
    One of:
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--
* `null`, `nul`, `NULL`: null value.

* `true`, `TRUE`, `yes`, `YES`: true boolean value.

* `false`, `FALSE`, `no`, `NO`: false boolean value.

* Binary (`0b` prefix), octal (`0` prefix), decimal, or hexadecimal
  (`0x` prefix) signed 64-bit integer.

* Double precision floating point number (scientific notation is
  accepted).

* Unquoted string with no special characters, and not matching any of
  the null and boolean value symbols above.

* Double-quoted string (accepts escape characters).

You may put whitespaces around the individual `=` (assignment) and `,`
(separator) characters.
--

Example:

----
babeltrace ... --params='many=null, fresh=yes, condition=false,
                         squirrel=-782329, observe=3.14,
                         simple=beef, needs-quotes="some string",
                         escape.chars-are:allowed="a \" quote"'
----

IMPORTANT: Like in the example above, make sure to single-quote the
whole argument when you run this command from a shell.