Recent changes to SyntaxSet

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:06:01 -0000

--- v14
+++ v15
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@

 Variable names may not contain spaces.


-    set variable_name <value>;
+    set [temporary] variable_name <value>;

-_value_ may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, an expression, or a list. 
See [Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)
+_value_ may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, an expression, or a list.
+
+The _temporary_ option puts the variable into a temporary namespace. These variables can be accessed as usual, and once a variable is in the temporary namespace, it can be set as usual.
+
+
See [Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)

     set variable_name <value> { context <context>; }

@@ -23,6 +27,9 @@
     set h $ENV{HOME};
     print ${d};


+    set temporary tt 14;
+    set tt 15;            # will change the temporary variable
+
 ##### Attributes


 * context
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SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:08:48 -0000

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:21:41 -0000

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:32:00 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 ### Syntax: set

-Variable names may contain any valid UTF-8 character.
+Variable names may contain any valid UTF-8 character.  There are no validity checks to exclude unusual UTF-8 characters.

 Variable names may not contain spaces.

@@ -14,9 +14,22 @@

 This form of __set__ is used internally by the cache to set the context. _context_ may be one of _check_, _env_, _flag_, _mkc_, _temp_, _disable_, _enable_.

+##### Examples
+

+    set a 1;
+    set b 'hello';
+    set c 'world';
+    set d "${b} ${c}";
+    set h $ENV{HOME};
+    print ${d};
+
 ##### Attributes


 * context

+##### References
+
+[Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)
+
 [Wiki Home](Home) 
[Syntax](Syntax)

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:04:09 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@

 This form of __set__ is used internally by the cache to set the context. _context_ may be one of _check_, _env_, _flag_, _mkc_, _temp_, _disable_, _enable_.

+##### Attributes
+
+* context
+
 [Wiki Home](Home) 
[Syntax](Syntax)

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:36 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@

 _value_ may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, an expression, or a list. 
See [Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)


+    set variable_name <value> { context <context>; }
+
+This form of __set__ is used internally by the cache to set the context. _context_ may be one of _check_, _env_, _flag_, _mkc_, _temp_, _disable_, _enable_.
+
 [Wiki Home](Home) 
[Syntax](Syntax)

</context></value>

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:41:50 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@

 Variable names may not contain spaces.


-    set variable_name _value_;
+    set variable_name <value>;

-_value_ may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, or an expression. 
See [Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)
+_value_ may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, an expression, or a list. 
See [Syntax: Variables](SyntaxVariable)

 [Wiki Home](Home) 
[Syntax](Syntax)

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SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:36:42 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@

 Variable names may contain any valid UTF-8 character.

-Variable names may not contain spaces or hyphens. I would like hyphens, but I need to re-check and see if it messes up the grammar.
+Variable names may not contain spaces.

     set variable_name _value_;

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:36:42 -0000

SyntaxSet modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:29:57 -0000