Forums Bug Reports A bug with varibles and identifiers

alias abc {
  set %var. $+ $chan Hello
  echo # 1 $+(%,var.,$chan)
  timer 1 1 echo # 2 $+(%,var.,$chan)
}

alias safe {
  return $!decode( $+ $encode($1-,m) $+ ,m)
}

alias abc {
  .timer 1 1 echo # 2 $safe( $+(%,var.,$chan) )
}

alias abcd {
  set $+(%,var.,name) example

  ;; evaluates the literal "%" + "var." + "name"
  echo -a This isn't evaluated: $+(%, var., name)

  ;; evaluates the literal text "%" + "var." + "name"
  ;; then evaluates the resulting text again (%var.name)
  echo -a This is evaluated: $eval( $+(%, var., name) , 2)
}