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Henri Biestro commented on JEXL-264:
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This issue - as described, spaces and quotes in identifiers - is resolved.
On the topic of 'this' as a variable, this can be implemented in a specialized
context.
On the other topic of Unicode characters or identifiers starting with numbers,
the actual need has never shown up as an Enhancement Request (yet).
> Allow space, quote & double-quote in identifiers
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>
> Key: JEXL-264
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-264
> Project: Commons JEXL
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 3.1
> Reporter: Henri Biestro
> Assignee: Henri Biestro
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 3.2
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> Since a Jexl context may be backed by a map that is not under Jexl's control,
> it may happen that keys in such a map contains spaces (quotes, backquotes).
> Scripting these top-level variables is then not very easy; adding an escaping
> mechanism in the syntax for top-level identifiers is provably convenient in
> this case.
> For example:In a script, {code}My\ Variable = 3{code} sets the top level
> variable keyed with the string "My Variable" with the value 3.
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