Clarify GDScript dictionary syntax restrictions #99285
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Calinou
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- Document keys being quotable in Lua-style dictionary syntax, which can be used to bypass its limitations.
- Mention duplicate dictionary keys being forbidden in declarations.
- Mention that dictionary styles can't be mixed in a single declaration.
- This closes Cannot use keywords inside dictionary with Lua-style syntax #99282.
- Document keys being quotable in Lua-style dictionary syntax, which can be used to bypass its limitations. - Mention duplicate dictionary keys being forbidden in declarations. - Mention that dictionary styles can't be mixed in a single declaration.
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| # Doesn't require quotes around keys, but only string constants can be used as key names. | ||
| # Additionally, key names must start with a letter or an underscore. | ||
| # Additionally, for key names to be usable without quotes, they must start with a letter | ||
| # or an underscore and must not be reserved identifers (such as `class` or `while`). | ||
| # Here, `some_key` is a string literal, not a variable! |
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Should this be changed?
Here,
some_keyis a string literal
If it was true, {class = "xyz"}, class would be a string literal, but parser don't understand it.
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