Well, originally the equal sign was added to help with parsing /var (which is stupid, there is no need for it to help parsing, it even leads to quirk).
It was made optional after I more or less strongly suggested for that, and this since 6.21, not using the equal sign will not produce an error since 6.21, so nobody will ever run into problem because of it.
And there is no reason to argu that it should be used because the help file states it should, the help file is outdated/wrong/incomplete in a lot of point.
More importantly, using the equal sign today can only lead to quirk, not the other way around.
The correct format is the one that was available first, and that is WITHOUT the equal sign.
Last edited by Wims; 10/10/14 09:45 PM.
