Merge of r4948, r4949, r4964, r4973, r5011: variables. *) Allow the complex value to be defined as an empty string. This makes conversion from strings to complex values possible without the loss of functionality. *) The "auth_basic" directive gained support of variables. *) Fixed variable syntax checking in "set", "geo", "limit_conn_zone", and "perl_set" directives. *) Added checks that disallow adding a variable with an empty name. Added variable name syntax checks to "geo" and "map" directives. *) Variables $pipe, $request_length, $time_iso8601, and $time_local. Log module counterparts are preserved for efficiency. Based on patch by Kiril Kalchev.

--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_split_clients_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_split_clients_module.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ngx_conf_split_clients_block(ngx_conf_t 
 
     name = value[2];
 
-    if (name.len < 2 || name.data[0] != '$') {
+    if (name.data[0] != '$') {
         ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                            "invalid variable name \"%V\"", &name);
         return NGX_CONF_ERROR;