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FeatureScript question. allowing variable names with/without spaces
jelte_steur_info
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In Onshape's native variable features, there's a verifyVariableName feature that a.o. checks if variable names already exist as a different type of variable (like query ~).
moreover it will throw an error if it contains spaces, which forces us tot type with dashes or underscores etc (camel, snake, Pascal or kebab or something made up).
I programmed a setQueryVariable function into another function the other day and found that at least query variables work perfectly well with spaces in the names.
Why is the native Onshape feature this strict? (making typing a name less intuitive).
In what circumstances could a custom feature cause issues when I'm not as strict?
Answers
Using spaces in identifiers would screw up expression parsing, you can make multiword descriptions for variables, but keep the name short enough to let it be conviniently used in expressions