Livecode 10.0.0dp5 new reserved words

[Paul Dupuis]

On 7/11/2023 8:01 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
> On 2023-07-11 12:28, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> Does anyone, including folks at the mothership, have a list of new 
>> reserved words in Livecode 10?
>>
>> I have used a variable called "tExt" (t for temp, Ext for extension)  
>> to pull of the file extension from file paths. i.e. if tFile contains 
>> "C:/users/paul/desktop/image.png"
>>
>> set itemDel to "."
>> put last item of tFile into tExt -- tExt contains "png"
>>
>> However, in LC 10.0.0dp5, the word "tExt" (which is "text") now 
>> appears to be a reserved work and you can not use it as a variable. 
>> This is not true in LC 9.6.9.  This has me asking: Are there any 
>> other new reserved words I should refactor out of my code before I 
>> get mysterious errors?
>
> I don't think we knowingly made 'text' not be allowed as a variable in 
> non-explicitVariables mode...
>
> You cannot explicitly declare `tExt` as a variable in 10 or 9.x or (I 
> think) ever - but it obviously worked in 9.6.x and before if you don't 
> use explicitVariables.
>
> I'm not sure what change we've made which has caused that - file a bug 
> and we'll look into it - its probably a regression, but could be a 
> (necessary, but unrealized) side-effect of another change we've made 
> internally.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark.
>

Thank you! Bug filed: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24266

I am fine changing 'tExt'. As Martin just posted, ‘All words in the 
English Dictionary should be considered reserved words.’ is not a bad 
rule. Just to illustrate how the eyes and mind can play tricks, I have 
been using the variable 'tExt' for parsing file extensions for DECADES 
and ONLY TODAY realized that it was the word 'text'! I never saw it as a 
dictionary word until today!