Post by Garry Francis in "back" is a reserved identifier in the current context

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Aha. That explains it. So 'back' is used as an identifier even if you're not using gamebook mode?

I seem to have a knack of finding these things unintentionally. Two jams ago, it was 'root', remember? As you have this silly system where the id determines the adjective and noun, I had to find a workaround for 'root'. The workaround was to append a number (e.g. 'root_01'), but this has its own issues (reported in the last jam) or to prepend a junk adjective (e.g. 'dummy_root').

Anyway, I now know what 'back' is.

Adventuron4 years ago

I think I describe the workarounds quite well in the document.

Just specifying an explicit noun is enough to override the "ID represents the adjective and noun" rule. Or adding a numeric suffix.

The id doesn't have to be tied to the noun, so reserved words don't stop you from making as many roots or backs as you like.

Yes, back is reserved even outside of gamebook mode for the sake of simplicity and because gamebook mode will overlap parser mode optionally in future revisions. I was just setting the flag down early.

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