Re: variables with a space in them

Pierpaolo BERNARDI <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:12:57 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 12:15=E2=80=AFPM Ernestyna <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> yesterday i decided to implement a new module to our wiki called Line dis=
tributions. basically, it just shows a ranking of the group's members based=
 on how much they sang in a song. it uses local groups with members to work=
 properly where some of the members have a space in their name, e.g. "Kim L=
ip", "Go Won", or "Olivia Hye". it also uses another module,

I think that this is a terrible design. Members should not be modeled
by variables.

The names should be keys to tables, and must be kept as strings

Perhaps if you tell us more details about the task, we can give more
specific help!

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