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SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:47:26 -0000

--- v15
+++ v16
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@

 ##### Path Names

-Path names may be left unquoted.  Path names with embedded spaces must be quoted.
+Path names may be left unquoted in many (but not all) cases.  Path names with embedded spaces must be quoted.

     check_size int64_t {
       header stdint.h;

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:08:45 -0000

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:21:39 -0000

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:16:56 -0000

--- v12
+++ v13
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@

 ##### Double Quoted

-The only recognized escape is __\\"__.
+Single-character escapes are recognized (bfnrtv"). A backslash before any other character will return that character. Octal, hex and unicode escapes are not recognized.

     set junk "my stuff";

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:31:59 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@

     check_size int64_t {
       header stdint.h;

+      header /opt/local/include/stuff.h;
     }

 ##### Values

-Variable values are enclosed with ${...}.  Variables names may contain other variables.
+Variable values are enclosed with braces ${...}.  Variables names may contain other variables.

     set aaa 123;
     set bbb ${aaa};

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:07:59 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
     set b1 c;
     set m "b${a}: ${b${a}}";

+##### Path Names
+
+Path names may be left unquoted.  Path names with embedded spaces must be quoted.
+

+    check_size int64_t {
+      header stdint.h;
+    }
+
 ##### Values

 Variable values are enclosed with ${...}.  Variables names may contain other variables.

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:04:08 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -12,26 +12,15 @@

     set junk 'string value';

+Unless you are embedding a variable, it is recommended that single quoted string be used as they are more efficient.
+
 ##### Double Quoted

 The only recognized escape is __\\"__.

     set junk "my stuff";

-##### Values
-
-Variable values are enclosed with ${...}
-

-    set aaa 123;
-    set bbb ${aaa};
-
-##### Environment variables
-
-    set home $ENV{HOME};
-
-##### Embedded values
-
-Double quoted strings may contain embedded values. At this time, the only escape that is implemented is \\".
+Double quoted strings may contain embedded variables.

     set j "string value";
     set k "c-compiler: ${CC}";
@@ -40,6 +29,24 @@
     set b1 c;
     set m "b${a}: ${b${a}}";

+##### Values
+
+Variable values are enclosed with ${...}.  Variables names may contain other variables.
+

+    set aaa 123;
+    set bbb ${aaa};
+    set a 1;
+    set b 2;
+    set c 3;
+    set d1 4;
+    set d2 5;
+    set d3 6;
+    set stuff ${d${b}};
+
+##### Environment variables
+
+    set home $ENV{HOME};
+
 #### Lists

     set n [1 2 3 5];

SyntaxVariable modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:55:17 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@

 ##### Double Quoted

+The only recognized escape is __\\"__.
+
     set junk "my stuff";

 ##### Values
@@ -27,9 +29,9 @@

     set home $ENV{HOME};

-##### Embedded values.
+##### Embedded values

-Double quoted strings may contain embedded values. At this time, the only escape that is implemented is \".
+Double quoted strings may contain embedded values. At this time, the only escape that is implemented is \\".

     set j "string value";
     set k "c-compiler: ${CC}";
@@ -38,5 +40,10 @@
     set b1 c;
     set m "b${a}: ${b${a}}";

+#### Lists
+

+    set n [1 2 3 5];
+    set o ['a' 'b' 'c'];
+
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