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    ExternalData: Improve series matching using an explicit syntax · bcd25808
    Brad King authored
    Automatic series recognition can generate false positives too easily
    when the default series configuration is flexible enough to handle
    common cases.  Avoid false positives by requiring an explicit syntax to
    activate series recognition.  Choose the syntax DATA{<name>,:} to be
    short, simple, and look like a vertical ellipsis.
    
    This allows us to improve the default series match configuration.  Allow
    series references to contain one of the numbered file names.  Allow '-'
    as a separator in addition to '.' and '_'.  Document what the default
    configuration matches.  Also provide more options to configure series
    <name> parsing.
    bcd25808