[VELOCITY-542] minus sign in #set requires spaces to surround it

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: Engine
• Assignee: Claude Brisson
• Reporter: William Glass-Husain
• Created: 27/Apr/07 11:02
• Updated: 02/Jan/19 16:18
• Resolved: 08/Oct/18 19:14

Description

The following example:

#set($thisCampNumber = 10)
#set($nextCampNumber = $thisCampNumber+1)
#set($previousCampNumber = $thisCampNumber-1)
#set($previousCampNumberB = $thisCampNumber - 1)

1: $thisCampNumber<br>
2: $nextCampNumber<br>
3: $previousCampNumber<br>
4: $previousCampNumberB<br>

produces this result

1: 10
2: 11
3: $previousCampNumber
4: 9

Note that using a minus sign in a #set statement does not work if there are no spaces around it. (however, the same is not true for +).

Issue Links

• is related to: VELOCITY-901 hyphen in identifiers cause parse error