Another bug when joining blocks

scratchmodification · March 3, 2022, 11:55pm

Split this:

Works with texts that have "[" and "]". Put it in a text single input.
Then join this again:

The text is in italics and without the "". And its data type is undefined (this block will not throw errors, but others will do)

warped_wart_wars · March 4, 2022, 2:33am

I think this, when fixed, could work in dropdowns, but nowhere else. But that's just what I think it could be.

scratchmodification · March 4, 2022, 2:38am

I think [] are not necessary in dropdowns, because it will work anyways:

Notice that letter does not have the [].

warped_wart_wars · March 4, 2022, 4:36am

Maybe not in editable dropdowns, but:

"height" has to be in brackets there for it to work.

jens · March 4, 2022, 7:02am

this is now officially beginning to annoy me a lot. This is a feature, not a bug. Use it responsibly.

scratchmodification · March 4, 2022, 5:22pm

OK...

Now I think people will not use [] a lot as I thought. So it's a valid reason.

helicoptur · March 4, 2022, 9:08pm

Well, how could anyone know it was a feature?

warped_wart_wars · March 5, 2022, 1:48am

If they read my bug report here.

helicoptur · March 5, 2022, 3:51am

I don't really see how these two reports are related...

scratchmodification · March 5, 2022, 3:52am

They both use brackets []

helicoptur · March 5, 2022, 3:53am

Oh, I just read the answering post.
But then, why does text in brackets italicize? And why is the data type of italic text unidentifiable?

scratchmodification · March 5, 2022, 3:57am

Because italicized options (which uses brackets) are special ones. For example:

This split the text of each letter, but not each string "letter".