Thomas wrote:
> The following code throws a "Undefined variable a1:" error:
>
> let a1 = 1 | let b = [1,2,3] | echo b[a1:-1]
>
> When one puts a blank after a1, it's ok though:
>
> let a1 = 1 | let b = [1,2,3] | echo b[a1 : -1]
>
> Since "a1" is no valid scope and "a1:" is an illegal variable name, IMHO
> this code shouldn't be considered ambiguous.
We want to keep the possibility open to add more scopes later. Thus
anything that looks like {scope}:{name} is handled as such.
Using ":" both for scopes and Sublist is not ideal. But it's hard to
think of something that is better. Just always put a space before the
":" used for a Sublist.
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