Parse error related to the "^" symbol when assigning script

[polytope]

I'm using A^ as my modder prefix but encounter a problem when trying to assign a creature a script prefixed A^ with Weidu. I tried giving a "general" script to an umber hulk:

 

WRITE_ASCII 0x260 A^UMBER1

 

This invariably fails, renaming the script to A_UMBER1 and altering the TP2 as follows fixed the problem.

 

WRITE_ASCII 0x260 A_UMBER1

 

The problem is specifically with the "^" character, and not for every purpose either. A script named A^XYZ.baf will still compile, and a creature copied to override with A^XYZ referenced as it's script will work fine in that case, this problem only appears when trying to patch a creature's scripts with Weidu.

 

Can anyone comment on this bug?

[DavidW]

(i) ^ is one of the special characters used by WEIDU regexps.

(ii) ^ is the string concatenation operator, so a^umber means "the string obtained by concatenating the value of variable a and variable umber. (Since neither are defined, WEIDU chokes.)

 

It doesn't sound like these are bugs, just features of how ^ works. With care (and assiduous use of quotation marks) you could work around it, but honestly, don't bother. Pick another prefix.

[Wisp]

Polytope, you are in the same boat as anyone who picked a prefix starting with something other than an alphanumerical. You can't use your prefix as a bareword, but have to enclose it in string delimiters because WeiDU can't automatically infer that it's a string.

WRITE_ASCII 0x260 ~A^UMBER1~

[polytope]

Thanks David and Wisp, adding the tildes around my filenames works. I'd rather not rename every one of my files, so I'll just have to remember that in future.

[Avenger]

Using special characters as filenames can do all sort of funny things. I support this movement

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